Constrained deformation of materials: Devices, heterogeneous structures and thermo-mechanical modeling

Constrained Deformation of Materials: Devices, Heterogeneous Structures and Thermo-Mechanical Modeling

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-281

  Shen, Y L ^a  

^a MSC01 1070   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-6312-3     Document Type: Book

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