1.3 Further Reading
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Fig. 1.13 Parallel-serial arrangements of ERMs. These are denoted the slider+[spring-dashpot],
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by the reader, are those of Prager [5], Chadwick [6], and Spencer [7]. As an early precursor to today’s numerical methods, Washizu [8] pioneered variational methods in
elasticity and plasticity. The comprehensive overview by Malvern [9] is undoubtedly
the all-times classic reference on continuum mechanics. Succeeding the advent of
rational continuum mechanics are the monographs by Gurtin [10], that delivers a precise introduction to continuum mechanics, Eringen [11, 12], that assemble scholarly
overviews on continuum mechanics, and, more recently, Liu [13], that contributes a
concise account on rational continuum thermodynamics. The today’s take on continuum mechanics is dominated by the expositions by Holzapfel [14], that represents
a stage-setting textbook on non-linear solid mechanics, Maugin [15], that dwells on
the fundamentals of continuum thermodynamics based on internal variables, Gurtin,
Fried and Anand [16], that demonstrates an expert outline of continuum mechanics
and thermodynamics, Silhavy [17] that elaborates a mathematically stringent presentation of continuum mechanics and thermodynamics, and Tadmor, Miller and Elliot
[18], that outlines the fundamentals of continuum mechanics and thermodynamics.
Murdoch [19] elucidates the intricate relation between molecular mechanics and con-