Mechanics of Material Forces

by Gérard A. Maugin

The notion dealt with in this volume of proceedings is often traced back to the late 19th-century writings of a rather obscure scientist, C. V. Burton. A probable reason for this is that the painstaking de- ciphering of this author's paper in the Philosophical Magazine (Vol. 33, pp. 191-204, 1891) seems to reveal a notion that was introduced in math- ematical form much later, that of local structural rearrangement. This notion obviously takes place...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441938796
• ISBN13: 9781441938794
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 338 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"