University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA
an excellent text for a graduate-level course in plasticity...the approach and selection of topics are appropriate for the audience. ... Professor Negahban has done an excellent job in presenting a unified approach to include thermal effects in the theory of finite deformation of plastic solids. The simple thermo-mechanical analog presented at the beginning of the chapter is also very instructive to the reader. {presented figures are] particularly helpful in understanding the mechanisms in a simple (one-dimensional) setting ... The learning features included in this chapter are excellent (the figures are clear and illustrative). The table of contents is well-balanced and very clear...The in-depth and unified approach to many topics discussed in the text (e.g., thermoplasticity under finite deformation) is of particular interest... -Ken Zuo, University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA ... takes a modern, in depth approach to the subject of thermoplasticity. The chapters are written to be somewhat self-contained. .... can be adapted to satisfy a variety of courses and subjects. The author has done an admirable job of pointing out how the text would satisfy these competing requirements. -Ronald E. Smelser, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA