First published in France in 2001 by Hermes Science Publications entitled: "Essais m caniques et lois de comportement"
First published in Great Britain and the United States in 2008 by ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Essais m caniques et lois de comportement. English
Structural components: mechanical tests and behavioral laws/edited by Dominique Francois.
p. cm.
Includes index.

ISBN: 978-1-84821-015-8

1. Materials--Mechanical properties. 2. Deformations (Mechanics) I. Fran ois, Dominique, 1948- II. Title.
TA404.8.E87 2007
620.1 ?123--dc22
2007021380

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