9780521714242
A first course in continuum mechanics.
Gonzalez, Oscar and Andrew M. Stuart.
Cambridge U. Pr.
2008
394 pages
$50.00
Paperback
Cambridge texts in applied mathematics.
QA808
Designed for advanced undergraduate and early graduate students in
engineering and mathematics, this introductory text is rich with
exercises, making it also suitable for self-study for readers with a
basic knowledge of linear algebra, multivariate calculus, differential
equations and physics. Gonzalez (mathematics, U. of Texas) and Stuart
(mathematics, U. of Warwick) keep in mind fields in which the modeling
and simulation of materials with significant coupling and thermal
effects as they explain tensor algebra and tensor calculus, then give
comprehensive coverage of continuum mass and force concepts, kinematics,
balance laws, isothermal fluid and solid mechanics and thermal fluid and
solid mechanics. Their bibliographical notes are likely to be very
helpful to those studying outside the classroom, and they provide an
index which should serve as a model for mathematical texts.
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