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# Nonlinear Solid Mechanics: A Continuum Approach for Engineering

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## Customer Reviews

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    Useful
  

*by B***. on Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2007*

This book is basically a regurgitation and watered-down version of "Mathematical Foundations of Elasticity", by Marsden and Hughes ( 
  
Mathematical Foundations of Elasticity







  
  
     ), just like so many other recently released texts/references including treatments of non-linear continuum mechanics (MFoE was released in 1983, and anticipated a great deal of published work hence).  This title has neither the depth of treatment nor the rigorous precision of MFoE.  Still it is useful since it does expand more on topics this title and MFoE share in common.Holzapfel has the distinct "flavor", in many places throughout his work in this book, of the writings/work of Juan C. Simo, one of the superlative workers in non-linear finite elements, who also worked in collaboration with T.J.R. Hughes (e.g., 
  
Computational Inelasticity (Interdisciplinary Applied Mathematics)







  
  
     ), and is now deceased.This is a fresh presentation however and Holzapfel does an excellent job of conveying difficult concepts while maintaining rigor, which is no easy feat.  The only place this work falls a little short on rigorous precision is in the treatment of linearization of the non-linear system(s) resulting from the various weak forms.I did find Holzapfel's treatment of the Lie derivative, just like many other recently published works on the same subject, a bit more revealing and intuitive, while maintaining the requisite rigor, than the alternative derivation/explanation in MFoE.

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    Five-star content, three-star printing
  

*by W***R on Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2016*

I bought this book for chapters 6 and 7 on hyperelasticity and the thermodynamics of solid continua, and professor Holzapfel does not disappoint. His explanations are careful and precise (for example he painstakingly notes when quantities like energy density are relative to the reference configuration of the object), and he synthesizes a great deal of advanced material on nonlinear elasticity in a form more accessible to non-mathematicians than Truesdell. This book is an invaluable reference for my work on computational nonlinear elastics.The only drawback is the quality of the printing. The text itself is perfectly legible, about equivalent to a good laser printer, but it's printed on rough paper that makes fine lines slightly wavy. The figures are all halftoned at low resolution, so they show very noticeable artifacts, though they are still legible. Inside the back cover, it says "Made in the USA, San Bernardino CA, 12 November 2016" (the day after I ordered it), so it must be a print-on-demand book. That would be fine for a novel, but not for a $70-plus-dollar reference book.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Excellent
  

*by G***R on Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2020*

Very quick shipping and fair price. Book is in great condition.

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