IV.—On the Equilibrium of Elastic Solids
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- 1 January 1853
- journal article
- transactions
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
- Vol. 20 (1) , 87-120
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0080456800033044
Abstract
There are few parts of mechanics in which theory has differed more from experiment than in the theory of elastic solids.Mathematicians, setting out from very plausible assumptions with respect to the constitution of bodies, and the laws of molecular action, came to conclusions which were shewn to be erroneous by the observations of experimental philosophers. The experiments of Œersted proved to be at variance with the mathematical theories of Navier, Poisson, and Lamé and Clapeyron, and apparently deprived this practically important branch of mechanics of all assistance from mathematics.Keywords
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