Solid mechanics Totally Explained

Everything about Solid Mechanics totally explained

Solid mechanics is the branch of mechanics, physics, and mathematics that concerns the behavior of solid matter under external actions (for example, external forces, temperature changes, applied displacements, etc.). It is part of a broader study known as continuum mechanics.
A material has a rest shape and its shape departs away from the rest shape due to stress. The amount of departure from rest shape is called deformation, the proportion of deformation to original size is called strain. If the applied stress is sufficiently low (or the imposed strain is small enough), almost all solid materials behave in such a way that the strain is directly proportional to the stress; the coefficient of the proportion is called the modulus of elasticity or Young's modulus. This region of deformation is known as the linearly elastic region.

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There are several standard models for how solid materials respond to stress:

Elastic – Linearly elastic materials can be described by the linear elasticity equations. A spring obeying Hooke's law is a one-dimensional linear version of a general elastic body. By definition, when the stress is removed, elastic deformation is fully recovered.
Viscoelastic – a material that's elastic, but also has damping: on loading, as well as on unloading, some work has to be done against the damping effects. This work is converted in heat within the material. This results in a hysteresis loop in the stress–strain curve.
Plastic – a material that, when the stress exceeds a threshold (yield stress), permanently changes its rest shape in response. The material commonly known as "plastic" is named after this property. Plastic deformation isn't recovered on unloading, although generally the elastic deformation up to yield is.

One of the most common practical applications of Solid Mechanics is the Euler-Bernoulli beam equation.
   Solid mechanics extensively uses tensors to describe stresses, strains, and the relationship between them.
   Typically, solid mechanics uses linear models to relate stresses and strains (see linear elasticity). However, real materials often exhibit non-linear behavior.
   For more specific definitions of stress, strain, and the relationship between them, see strength of materials.

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