Conventional books on the mechanics of materials treat elastic deformations of solids through one-dimensional models for the extension of rods, torsion of shafts and bending of beams. In functional materials, mechanical, thermal, electric and magnetic fields interact among themselves, and therefore, need a more comprehensive model.

This book presents a systematic treatment of the three-dimensional theories for these coupled phenomena and the corresponding one-dimensional models for extension, torsion and bending. This book adopts a mixed approach by devoting the first half of the book to the development of the three-dimensional theories of elastic, thermal, electric and magnetic fields as well as their interactions in dielectrics, conductors and semiconductors. The remainder of the book presents the one-dimensional models for extension, torsion and bending systematically.

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Contents:

• Mechanics of Materials and Elasticity


• Heat Conduction and Thermoelasticity


• Electricity and Magnetism


• Piezoelectric and Piezomagnetic Effects


• Extension of Rods


• Torsion of Shafts


• Bending of Beams

Readership: University professors and graduate students, and research and development engineers in civil, mechanical and electrical engineering.

Key Features:

• The organization of the book is unique; the first half of the book focuses on the development of the three-dimensional theories of elastic, thermal, electric and magnetic fields as well as their interactions in dielectrics, conductors and semiconductors, while the remainder of the book uses the one-dimensional models for extension, torsion and bending systematically