Elasticity and Geometry: From Hair Curls to the Non-Linear Response of Shells

by Basile Audoly and Yves Pomeau

Book Overview

We experience elasticity everywhere in daily life: in the straightening or curling of hairs, the irreversible deformations of car bodies after a crash, or the bouncing of elastic balls in ping-pong or soccer. The theory of elasticity is essential to the recent developments of applied and fundamental science, such as the bio-mechanics of DNA filaments and other macro-molecules, and the animation of virtual characters in computer graphics and materials...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198826265
• ISBN13: 9780198826262
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Oxford Univ PR
• Length: 608 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.7" x 9.7"