Nonsmooth Mechanics and Analysis - Theoretical and Numerical Advances (Hardcover, 2006 ed.)

Inthecourseofthelast?ftyyears, developmentsinnonsmoothana- sisandnonsmoothmechanicshaveoftenbeencloselylinked. Thepresent book acts as an illustration of this. Its objective is two-fold. It is of course intended to help to di?use the recent results obtained by various renownedspecialists. ButthereisanequaldesiretopayhomagetoJean Jacques Moreau, who is undoubtedly the most emblematic ?gure in the correlated, not to say dual, advances in these two ?elds. Jean Jacques Moreau appears as a rightful heir to the founders of di?erential calculus and mechanics through the depth of his thinking in the ?eld of nonsmooth mechanics and the size of his contribution to the development of nonsmooth analysis. His interest in mechanics has focused on a wide variety of subjects: singularities in ?uid ?ows, the initiation of cavitation, plasticity, and the statics and dynamics of gr- ular media. The 'Ariadne's thread' running throughout is the notion of unilateral constraint. Allied to this is his investment in mathematics in the ?elds of convex analysis, calculus of variations and di?erential m- sures. When considering these contributions, regardless of their nature, one cannot fail to be struck by their clarity, discerning originality and elegance. Precision and rigor of thinking, clarity and elegance of style are the distinctive features of his work.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Advances in Mechanics and Mathematics, 12
Release date:	November 2005
First published:	2006
Editors:	Pierre Alart • Olivier Maisonneuve • R. Tyrrell Rockafellar
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	320
Edition:	2006 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-387-29196-3
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Mechanical engineering & materials > General Promotions
LSN:	0-387-29196-2
Barcode:	9780387291963

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