Abstract
The analysis presented so far applies to all bodies that could be, with sufficient accuracy, described as continuous bodies. Since we intend to study elastic bodies, we now present an experimental foundation that serves as a basis for mathematical description of elastic bodies. The first experiments on elastic bodies were designed to measure the force needed to break a rod or rope made of a specific material. We mention Galileo’s (1638) apparatus for breaking a beam in bending with an end load, Da Vinci’s (1680) apparatus to measure the force needed to rupture a rope, and Mariotte’s (1700) apparatus for measuring the force needed to break an elastic beam by extension.1
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Atanackovic, T.M., Guran, A. (2000). Hooke’s Law. In: Theory of Elasticity for Scientists and Engineers. Birkhäuser, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1330-7_3
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