Introduction to Continuum Mechanics
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Leiden
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 253
ISBN-13: 9780511507182
Subjects: Physics; Continuum mechanics
Description: Treats solids and fluids in a balanced manner, using thermodynamic restrictions on the relation between applied forces and material responses.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Cartesian Tensors; 3 General Tensors; 4 Integral Theorems; 5 Deformation; 6 Motion; 7 Fundamental Laws of Mechanics; 8 Stress Tensor; 9 Energy and Entropy Constraints; 10 Constitutive Relations; 11 Hyperelastic Materials; 12 Fluid Dynamics; 13 Viscoelasticity; 14 Plasticity; Author Index; Subject Index.