Collected Papers Of R.s. Rivlin: Volume I And Ii (v. 1 & V. 2)

R.S. Rivlin is one of the principal architects of nonlinear continuum mechanics: His work on the mechanics of rubber (in the 1940s and 50s) established the basis of finite elasticity theory. These volumes make most of his scientific papers available again and show the full scope and significance of his contributions. IN a series of papers which is pending publication elsewhere, the mechanical properties of highly elastic materials, such as rubber, which can be assumed incompressible and isotropic in their undeformed state, are discussed in terms of a store-energy function W.