{"product_id":"configurational-forces-gerard-a-maugin-9781439846124","title":"Configurational Forces: Thermomechanics, Physics, Mathematics, and Numerics","description":"\u003cp\u003eExploring recent developments in continuum mechanics, \u003cstrong\u003eConfigurational Forces: Thermomechanics, Physics, Mathematics, and Numerics\u003c\/strong\u003e presents the general framework for configurational forces. It also covers a range of applications in engineering and condensed matter physics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author presents the fundamentals of accepted standard continuum mechanics, before introducing Eshelby material stress, field theory, variational formulations, Noether's theorem, and the resulting conservation laws. In the chapter on complex continua, he compares the classical perspective of B.D. Coleman and W. Noll with the viewpoint linked to abstract field theory. He then describes the important notion of local structural rearrangement and its relationship to Eshelby stress. After looking at the relevance of Eshelby stress in the thermodynamic description of singular interfaces, the text focuses on fracture problems, microstructured media, systems with mass exchanges, and electromagnetic deformable media. The concluding chapters discuss the exploitation of the canonical conservation law of momentum in nonlinear wave propagation, the application of canonical-momentum conservation law and material force in numerical schemes, and similarities of fluid mechanics and aerodynamics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten by a long-time researcher in mechanical engineering, this book provides a detailed treatment of the theory of configurational forces--one of the latest and most fruitful advances in macroscopic field theories. Through many applications, it shows the depth and efficiency of this theory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gerard A. Maugin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 143984612X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439846124\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e CRC Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 562\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.12lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.25d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2011 pg. 287","brand":"Gerard A. Maugin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48088273355007,"sku":"9781439846124","price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d0d41f80-62e8-4089-b31f-fda6503ac218.jpg?v=1769103994","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/configurational-forces-gerard-a-maugin-9781439846124","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}