Publisher's Synopsis
This presentation of research papers in the broad area of the mathematical theory of elasticity, has been compiled as a tribute to Professor Ian Sneddon to celebrate his 70th birthday. The professor has pioneered the development of integral transform methods to mixed boundary-value problems in elasticity, particularly those arising in fracture mechanics, and this book points to recent advances in the field. The papers cover most aspects of elasticity theory. Fracture mechanics, wave propagation, dislocation theory, the elasticity of homogeneous or composite materials, contact problems, non-linear thermoelasticity, variational methods and the analysis of partial differental equations are the subject of detailed discussion.;This book should prove to be of interest to those involved in applied mathematics and mechanical engineering.
