| Statistical Mechanics of Elasticity Contributor(s): Weiner, J. H. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0486422607 ISBN-13: 9780486422602 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $23.70 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2017 Annotation: Advanced, self-contained treatment illustrates general principles and elastic behavior of solids. Part 1, based on classical mechanics, studies thermoelastic behavior of crystalline and polymeric solids. Part 2, based on quantum mechanics, focuses on interatomic force laws, behavior of solids, and thermally activated processes. 96 figures. 1983 edition. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Mechanics - General - Technology & Engineering | Civil - General - Science | Physics - Mathematical & Computational |
| Dewey: 531.382 |
| LCCN: 2002073415 |
| Series: Dover Books on Physics |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.98" W x 8.04" (1.13 lbs) 496 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An advanced treatment of elasticity from the atomistic viewpoint, this volume offers students and teachers a self-contained text. Its detailed development of the general principles of statistical mechanics leads to a concentration on the principles' application to the elastic behavior of solids. The first part is based solely on classical mechanics, starting with an introductory chapter that summarizes thermoelasticity from the continuum viewpoint. The principles of classical statistical mechanics are then developed and applied to the study of the thermoelastic behavior of both crystalline and polymeric solids. The second part is based on quantum mechanics, discussing their role in interatomic force laws, the manner in which quantum statistical effects modify the low-temperature mechanical behavior of solids, and the nature of quantum effects upon the rates of thermally activated processes. This book provides an alternative to the usual course in statistical mechanics, in which the major emphasis is on applications to gases, liquids, and electronic and magnetic phenomena. Graduate students of physics and chemistry will appreciate the treatment of the basic principles of classical statistical mechanics and quantum statistical mechanics, while polymer physicists will find the discussion of curvilinear coordinates, geometric constraints, and the distinction between rigid and flexible polymer models of particular interest. |