Elasticity of Materials

The book provides important practical skills and will be useful for postgraduate and higher-level science and engineering students. Relevant topics and their applications are considered: theory, simulation, characterization, composites, single crystals, nanoindentation, and dielectric elastomers. Examples are provided of the elasticity of materials including composites, single crystals, auxetics, and dielectric elastomers.

Elasticity is the ability of a material body to return to its original shape and size after the removal of a deforming force. The performance of materials can be defined according to their physical characteristics: stiffness, strength, hardness, ductility, and toughness. The elasticity of materials can be predicted by computational simulations and/or measured in laboratory experiments.

Contents
1. Origin of Rubber Elasticity
2. Nanostructures Failures and Fully Atomistic Molecular Dynamics Simulations
3. Elements of the Nonlinear Theory of Elasticity Based on Tensor-Nonlinear Equations
4. Obtaining of a Constitutive Models of Laminate Composite Materials
5. Temperature Dependence of the Stress Due to Additives in KCl Single Crystals
6. Elasticity of Auxetic Materials
7. Improvement of Elastomer Elongation and Output for Dielectric Elastomers
8. Compression and Recovery Functional Application for the Sportswear Fabric
9. Characterizing Stress-Strain Behavior of Materials through Nanoindentation
10. Toward an Instrumented Strength Microprobe – Origins of the Oliver-Pharr Method and Continued Advancements in Nanoindentation: Part 1
11. Toward an Instrumented Strength Microprobe – Origins of the Oliver-Pharr Method and Continued Advancements in Nanoindentation: Part 2