Books by Keyword: Stress in Materials

Description: This treatment of “Time-Dependent Mechanical Properties of Solids” begins with a phenomenological description of the transport of some unspecified entity. It is assumed that the transport is caused by mechanical stresses or temperature fields. Using these assumptions, it is possible to deduce formulae for a theoretically based description of several phenomena without referring to any specific process or entity. These theoretical results then provide the tools for performing methodologically better scientific work and for a better analysis of data in the practical application of materials. By publishing this work, the author hopes improve technical safety in transportation and other fields of practical materials application. Another goal is to stimulate the scientific investigation of a wider range of substances in order to analyze more extensively the elementary processes which produce observed phenomena. This second edition is extended and Chapter 12, five new Sections as well as the Appendices A7, A8 and A9 are additionally inserted.