What do you study in solid mechanics?

Solid mechanics is the study of the deformation and motion of solid materials under the action of forces. It is one of the fundamental applied engineering sciences, in the sense that it is used to describe, explain and predict many of the physical phenomena around us.

What is mechanics of solids in physics?

mechanics of solids, science concerned with the stressing, deformation, and failure of solid materials and structures.

What are the types of stress in mechanics?

There are six types of stress: compression, tension, shear, bending, torsion, and fatigue.

What is strain in engineering mechanics?

Strain is the deformation of a material from stress. It is simply a ratio of the change in length to the original length. Deformations that are applied perpendicular to the cross section are normal strains, while deformations applied parallel to the cross section are shear strains.

What is mechmechanics of solids?

Mechanics of Solids publishes articles in the general areas of dynamics of particles and rigid bodies and the mechanics of deformable solids. The journal has a goal of being a comprehensive record of up-to-the-minute research results.

What kind of articles are in mechanics of solids?

Most of the articles in the journal are theoretical and analytical. They present a blend of basic mechanics theory with analysis of contemporary technological problems. Mechanics of Solids is a peer reviewed journal. We use a single blind and a double blind peer review formats.

What are the best books on the thermodynamics of solid?

J.L. Ericksen, Introduction to the Thermodynamics of Solids, Chapman and Hall, 1991. M.E. Gurtin, An Introduction to Continuum Mechanics, Academic Press, 1981. M.E. Gurtin, E. Fried and L. Anand, The Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Con- tinua, Cambridge University Press, 2010.