Download or read book Anisotropic Elasticity written by Paolo Vannucci and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-07-10 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a modern and unconventional introduction to anisotropy. The first part presents a general description of Anisotropic Elasticity theories while the second part focuses on the polar formalism: the theoretical bases and results are completely developed along with applications to design problems of laminated anisotropic structures. The book is based on lectures on anisotropy which have been held at Ecole Polytechnique in Paris.