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Variational Principles of Continuum Mechanics [electronic resource] :II. Applications / by Victor Berdichevsky.

by Berdichevsky, Victor [author.]; SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Interaction of Mechanics and Mathematics: Publisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.Description: X, 430 pgs online resource.ISBN: 9783540884699.Subject(s): Engineering | Mathematics | Mechanics | Engineering mathematics | Materials | Mechanical engineering | Engineering | Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials | Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering | Applications of Mathematics | Mechanics | Mechanical Engineering | Fluid- and AerodynamicsDDC classification: 620.1 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Some Applications of Variational Methods to Development -- Theory of Elastic Plates and Shells -- Elastic Beams -- Some Stochastic Variational Problems -- Homogenization -- Homogenization of Random Structures: a Closer View -- Some Other Applications.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: The book reviews the two features of the variational approach: its use as a universal tool to describe physical phenomena and as a source for qualitative and quantitative methods of studying particular problems. Berdichevsky’s work differs from other books on the subject in focusing mostly on the physical origin of variational principles as well as establishing their interrelations. For example, the Gibbs principles appear as a consequence of the Einstein formula for thermodynamic fluctuations rather than as the first principles of the theory of thermodynamic equilibrium. Mathematical issues are considered as long as they shed light on the physical outcomes and/or provide a useful technique for the direct study of variational problems. In addition, a thorough account of variational principles discovered in various branches of continuum mechanics is given. This book, the second volume, describes how the variational approach can be applied to constructing models of continuum media, such as the theory of elastic plates; shells and beams; shallow water theory; heterogeneous mixtures; granular materials; and turbulence. It goes on to apply the variational approach to asymptotical analysis of problems with small parameters, such as the derivation of the theory of elastic plates, shells and beams from three-dimensional elasticity theory; and the basics of homogenization theory. A theory of stochastic variational problems is considered in detail too, along with applications to the homogenization of continua with random microstructures.
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Some Applications of Variational Methods to Development -- Theory of Elastic Plates and Shells -- Elastic Beams -- Some Stochastic Variational Problems -- Homogenization -- Homogenization of Random Structures: a Closer View -- Some Other Applications.

The book reviews the two features of the variational approach: its use as a universal tool to describe physical phenomena and as a source for qualitative and quantitative methods of studying particular problems. Berdichevsky’s work differs from other books on the subject in focusing mostly on the physical origin of variational principles as well as establishing their interrelations. For example, the Gibbs principles appear as a consequence of the Einstein formula for thermodynamic fluctuations rather than as the first principles of the theory of thermodynamic equilibrium. Mathematical issues are considered as long as they shed light on the physical outcomes and/or provide a useful technique for the direct study of variational problems. In addition, a thorough account of variational principles discovered in various branches of continuum mechanics is given. This book, the second volume, describes how the variational approach can be applied to constructing models of continuum media, such as the theory of elastic plates; shells and beams; shallow water theory; heterogeneous mixtures; granular materials; and turbulence. It goes on to apply the variational approach to asymptotical analysis of problems with small parameters, such as the derivation of the theory of elastic plates, shells and beams from three-dimensional elasticity theory; and the basics of homogenization theory. A theory of stochastic variational problems is considered in detail too, along with applications to the homogenization of continua with random microstructures.

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