"If you are involved with the mechanics of materials related to constitutive modeling, testing, and applications, you owe it to yourself to explore the disturbed state concept. Mechanics of Materials and Interfaces provides the first - and to date, the only - comprehensive means of doing so."--Jacket.
Content: Ch. 1. Introduction --
Ch. 2. The Disturbed State Concept: Preliminaries --
Ch. 3. Relative Intact and Fully Adjusted States, and Disturbance --
Ch. 4. DSC Equations and Specializations --
Ch. 5. Theory of Elasticity in the DSC --
Ch. 6. Theory of Plasticity in the DSC --
Ch. 7. Hierarchical Single-Surface Plasticity Models in the DSC --
Ch. 8. Creep Behavior: Viscoelastic and Viscoplastic Models in the DSC --
Ch. 9. The DSC for Saturated and Unsaturated Materials --
Ch. 10. The DSC for Structured and Stiffened Materials --
Ch. 11. The DSC for Interfaces and Joints --
Ch. 12. Microstructure: Localization and Instability --
Ch. 13. Implementation of the DSC in Computer Procedures --
Ch. 14. Conclusions and Future Trends --
App. I. Disturbed State, Critical-State, and Self-Organized Criticality Concepts --
App. II. DSC Parameters: Optimization and Sensitivity.
Abstract: "Mechanics of Materials and Interfaces: The Disturbed State Concept presents a detailed theoretical treatment of the DSC including a philosophical discussion, and shows that the DSC can provide a unified and simplified approach for mathematical characterization of the mechanical response of materials and interfaces. The author furnishes a unique integrated treatment of the theory, laboratory testing, calibration for parameters, validations, and applications to a wide range of practical engineering problems."

"If you are involved with the mechanics of materials related to constitutive modeling, testing, and applications, you owe it to yourself to explore the disturbed state concept. Mechanics of Materials and Interfaces provides the first - and to date, the only - comprehensive means of doing so."--Jacket