An expedition to continuum theory /

An expedition to continuum theory /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Müller, Wolfgang H., 1959- author.
Imprint:	Dordrecht : Springer, 2014.
Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 399 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Language:	English
Series:	Solid Mechanics and Its Applications, 0925-0042 ; volume 210 Solid mechanics and its applications ; v. 210.
Subject:	Continuum mechanics. Continuum mechanics.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11083334

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ISBN:	9789400777996 940077799X 9400777981 9789400777989 9789400777989
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed January 20, 2014).
Summary:	This book introduces field theory as required in solid and fluid mechanics as well as in electromagnetism. It also presents the necessary mathematical framework, namely tensor algebra and tensor calculus, by using an inductive approach, which makes it particularly suitable for beginners. In general, the book can be used in undergraduate classes on continuum theory and, more specifically, in courses on continuum mechanics, for students of physics and engineering alike. The benefits for the readers consist of providing a sound basis of the subject as a whole and of training their ability for solving specific problems in a rational manner. For this purpose the general laws of nature in terms of the balances for mass, momentum, and energy are applied and combined with constitutive relations, which are material specific. Various examples and homework problems illustrate how to use the theory in daily practice. Numerous mini-biographies have been added to the mathematical text for diversion and amusement.
Other form:	Printed edition: 9789400777989
Standard no.:	10.1007/978-94-007-7799-6

Table of Contents:

Coordinate transformations
Balances (in particular in Cartesian systems
Spatial derivatives of fields
Balance equations in skew curvilinear coordinate systems
Constitutive equations in arbitrary coordinate systems
A first glance on field equations
Observers and frames of reference in classical continuum theory
Problems of linear elasticity
Selected problems for Newtonian and Maxwellian fluids
Introduction to time-independent plasticity theory
Entropy
Fundamentals of electromagnetic field theory.