Overview
- Contains a comprehensive treatise of the subjects of experimental mechanics with new up-to-date methods and techniques
- Covers strain gages, geometric and interferometric moiré, and optical methods
- Details various experimental techniques and an entire chapter on fundamental principles of the theory of optics
Part of the book series: Solid Mechanics and Its Applications (SMIA, volume 269)
Access this book
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Other ways to access
Table of contents (16 chapters)
-
Front Matter
-
Back Matter
Keywords
About this book
The book presents in a clear, simple, straightforward, novel and unified manner the most used methods of experimental mechanics of solids for the determination of displacements, strains and stresses. Emphasis is given on the principles of operation of the various methods, not in their applications to engineering problems. The book is divided into sixteen chapters which include strain gages, basic optics, geometric and interferometric moiré, optical methods (photoelasticity, interferometry, holography, caustics, speckle methods, digital image correlation), thermoelastic stress analysis, indentation, optical fibers, nondestructive testing, and residual stresses. The book will be used not only as a learning tool, but as a basis on which the researcher, the engineer, the experimentalist, the student can develop their new own ideas to promote research in experimental mechanics of solids.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Emmanuel Gdoutos is Full Member of the Academy of Athens in the chair of Theoretical and Experimental Mechanics (2016). He is member of many academies worldwide, fellow of scientific societies and received numerous awards. His book “Fracture Mechanics – An Introduction, 3rd edition” published by Springer accompanied by a solutions manual is used as a textbook by many universities worldwide. His book “Matrix Theory of Photoelasticity” published by Springer-Verlag presents a novel and unified interpretation of the problems of photoelastic stress analysis using the modern methods of description of polarized light. He is the book series editor of the Springer series “Springerbriefs in Structural Mechanics”. His research interest include problems of the theory of elasticity, fracture mechanics, experimental mechanics (with emphasis in the optical methods), mechanics of composite materials, sandwich structures and nanotechnology (composite nanomaterials).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Experimental Mechanics
Book Subtitle: An Introduction
Authors: Emmanuel E. Gdoutos
Series Title: Solid Mechanics and Its Applications
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89466-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-89465-8Published: 16 November 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-89468-9Published: 17 November 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-89466-5Published: 15 November 2021
Series ISSN: 0925-0042
Series E-ISSN: 2214-7764
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 311
Number of Illustrations: 149 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: Solid Mechanics