Statistical Mechanics of Elasticity Author:Jerome H. Weiner This advanced, self-contained treatment illustrates the general principles of statistical mechanics, focusing on their application to the elastic behavior of solids. Part 1 is based solely on classical mechanics, with a summary of thermoelasticity from the continuum viewpoint, followed by a study of the thermoelastic behavior of both crystalline... more » and polymeric solids. Part 2 is based on quantum mechanics, discussing their role in interatomic force laws and their effects on the low-temperature mechanical behavior of solids and on the rates of thermally activated processes. A practical alternative to the usual course in statistical mechanics, this volume will prove valuable to students of physics and chemistry as well as to polymer physicists. 1983 edition. 96 figures.« less