The Scientific Papers of Sir Geoffrey Ingram Taylor (Paperback)

1. The use of soap films in solving torsion problems with A. A. Griffith; 2. The problem of flexure and its solution by the soapfilm method with A. A. Griffith; 3. The application of soap films to the determination of the torsion and flexture of hollow shafts with A. A. Griffith; 4. A relation between Bertrand's and Kelvin's theorems on impulses; 5. The distortion of an aluminium crystal during a tensile test with C. F. Elam; 6. The heat developed during plastic extension of metals with W. S. Farren; 7. The plastic extension and fracture of aluminium crystals with C. F. Elam; 8. Notes on the 'Navier Effect'; 9. The distortion of crystals of aluminium under compression, I with W. S. Farren; 10. The distortion of iron crystals with C. F. Elam; 11. The distortion of single crystals of metals; 12. The distortion of crystals of aluminium under compression, II: distortion by double slipping and changes in orientation of crystal axes during compression; 13. The distortion of crystals of aluminium under compression, III; measurements of stress; 14. The deformation of crystals of β-brass; 15. Resistance to shear in metal crystals; 16. The plastic distortion of metals with H. Quinney; 17. The distortion of wires on passing through a draw-plate with H. Quinney; 18. The buckling load for a rectangular plate with four clamped edges; 19. The latent energy remaining in a metal after cold working with H. Quinney; 20. Faults in a material which yields to shear stress while retaining its volume elasticity; 21. The mechanism of plastic deformation of crystals, I: theoretical; 22. The mechanism of plastic deformation of crystals, II: comparison with observation; 23. The strength of rock salt; 24. A theory of the plasticity of crystals; 25. Lattice distortion and latent heat of cold work in copper; 26. The emission of the latent energy due to previous cold working when a metal is heated with H. Quinney; 27. Plastic strain in metals; 28. Analysis of plastic strain in a cubic crystal; 29. Stress systems in aeolotropic plates, I with A. E. Green; 30. Propagation of earth waves from an explosion; 31. Calculation of stress distribution in an autofrettaged tube from measurements of stress rings; 32. The plastic wave in a wire extended by an impact load; 33. The mechanical properties of cordite during impact stressing with R. M. Davies; 34. the distortion under pressure of an elliptic diaphragm which clamped along its edge; 35. Stress systems in aeolotropic plates, III with A. E. Green; 36. The testing of materials at high rates of loading; 37. A connection between the criterion of yield and the strain ration relationship in plastic solids; 38. The formation and enlargement of a circular hole in a thin plastic sheet; 39. The use of flat-ended projectiles for determining dynamic yields stress, I: theoretical considerations; 40. Distribution of stress when a spherical compression pulse is reflected at a free surface; 41. Strains in crystalline aggregates.