Ebook: Introduction to Continuum Mechanics

Continuum mechanics studies the response of materials to different loading conditions. The concept of tensors is introduced through the idea of linear transformation in a self-contained chapter, and the interrelation of direct notation, indicial notation, and matrix operations is clearly presented. A wide range of idealized materials are considered through simple static and dynamic problems, and the book contains an abundance of illustrative examples of problems, many with solutions.
Content:
Front Matter
• Preface to the Third Edition
• Preface to the First Edition
• Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Tensors
3. Kinematics of a Continuum
4. Stress
5. The Elastic Solid
6: Newtonian Viscous Fluid
7. Integral Formulation of General Principles
8 Non-Newtonian Fluids
• Appendix: Matrices
• Answer to Problems
• References
• Index