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Springer Handbook of Experimental Solid Mechanics

  • Presents extensively revised chapters in addition to coverage of new areas of increasing importance in experimental mechanics.
  • Describes state-of-the-art technical applications of experimental solid mechanics.
  • Offers up-to-date references to optimum sources.
  • Includes detailed index and fully searchable DVD with supplementary media.
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (36 entries)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxx
  2. Solid Mechanics Topics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-280
    2. Analytical Mechanics of Solids

      • Albert S. Kobayashi, Satya N. Atluri
      Pages 3-16
    3. Mechanics of Polymers: Viscoelasticity

      • Wolfgang G. Knauss, Igor Emri, Hongbing Lu
      Pages 49-96
    4. Composite Materials

      • Peter G. Ifju
      Pages 97-124
    5. Fracture Mechanics

      • Krishnaswamy Ravi-Chandar
      Pages 125-158
    6. Active Materials

      • Guruswami Ravichandran
      Pages 159-168
    7. Biological Soft Tissues

      • Jay D. Humphrey
      Pages 169-186
    8. A Brief Introduction to MEMS and NEMS

      • Wendy C. Crone
      Pages 203-228
    9. Hybrid Methods

      • James F. Doyle
      Pages 229-258
    10. Statistical Analysis of Experimental Data

      • James W. Dally
      Pages 259-280
  3. Contact Methods

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 281-444
    2. Bonded Electrical Resistance Strain Gages

      • Robert B. Watson
      Pages 283-334
    3. Extensometers

      • Ian McEnteggart
      Pages 335-346
    4. Optical Fiber Strain Gages

      • Chris S. Baldwin
      Pages 347-370
    5. Residual Stress

      • Yuri F. Kudryavtsev
      Pages 371-388
    6. Nanoindentation: Localized Probes of Mechanical Behavior of Materials

      • David F. Bahr, Dylan J. Morris
      Pages 389-408
    7. Atomic Force Microscopy in Solid Mechanics

      • Ioannis Chasiotis
      Pages 409-444

About this book

The Springer Handbook of Experimental Solid Mechanics documents both the traditional techniques as well as the new methods for experimental studies of materials, components, and structures. The emergence of new materials and new disciplines, together with the escalating use of on- and off-line computers for rapid data processing and the combined use of experimental and numerical techniques have greatly expanded the capabilities of experimental mechanics. New exciting topics are included on biological materials, MEMS and NEMS, nanoindentation, digital photomechanics, photoacoustic characterization, and atomic force microscopy in experimental solid mechanics.

Presenting complete instructions to various areas of experimental solid mechanics, guidance to detailed expositions in important references, and a description of state-of-the-art applications in important technical areas, this thoroughly revised and updated edition is an excellent reference to a widespread academic, industrial, and professional engineering audience.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Mechanical Engineering, Room 126, Latrobe Hall, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA

    William N. Sharpe

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