The mechanics of Coupled Fields is a discipline at the edge of modern research connecting Continuum Mechanics with Solid State Physics. This book fills many gaps in the theoretical literature which arise due to the complexity of the problem. A vast number of problems are considered so that the reader can get a clear quantitative and qualitative understanding of the phenomena taking place.

The mechanics of Coupled Fields is a discipline at the edge of modern research connecting Continuum Mechanics with Solid State Physics. This book fills many gaps in the theoretical literature which arise due to the complexity of the problem. A vast number of problems are considered so that the reader can get a clear quantitative and qualitative understanding of the phenomena taking place.

This book presents problems and solutions of the mathematical theories of thermoelasticity and magnetothermoelasticity. The classical, coupled and generalized theories are solved using the eigenvalue methodology. Different methods of numerical inversion of the Laplace transform are presented and their direct applications are illustrated. The book is very useful to those interested in continuum mechanics.

A survey of some problems of current interest in the realm of classical nonlinear electromagnetic theory.

This book commemorates the 75th birthday of Prof. George Jaiani – Georgia’s leading expert on shell theory. He is also well known outside Georgia for his individual approach to shell theory research and as an organizer of meetings, conferences and schools in the field. The collection of papers presented includes articles by scientists from various countries discussing the state of the art and new trends in the theory of shells, plates, and beams. Chapter 20 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

This paper studies the steady-state behavior of solids that can sustain mechanical, electromagnetic, and thermal effects. The authors examine a class of boundary-value problems for a quasilinear system of functional differential equations that is derived from a very general model for such materials. They propose a physically reasonable constitutive theory which leaves this system amenable to modern methods of partial differential equations. The principal assumption is a modified version of the strong ellipticity condition. Part I proves existence results for the general system under some special physical assumptions (rigidity and hyperelasticity). The formulation admits non-local interactions caused by the magnetic 'self-field' generated by the deformed, conducting body. Part II shows the existence and regularity of solutions of a system of functional ordinary differential equations arising from a semi-inverse problem in a more comprehensive physical situation. Keywords: Smooth solutions; Polyconvex energy functions; Electro-elastic coupling; Magneto-elastic coupling; Conducting rods; Thermo-elastic coupling. (Author).