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Introduction to continuum mechanics /

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Continuum Mechanics is a branch of physical mechanics that describes the macroscopic mechanical behavior of solid or fluid materials considered to be continuously distributed. It is fundamental to the fields of civil, mechanical, chemical and bioengineering. This time-tested text has been used for o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lai, W. Michael, 1930-
Other Authors: Rubin, David, 1942-, Krempl, Erhard
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann/Elsevier, [2010]
Subjects:
Continuum mechanics.
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Table of Contents:
  • TENSORS
  • KINEMATICS OF A CONTINUUM
  • STRESS
  • THE ELASTIC SOLID
  • NEWTONIAN VISCOUS FLUID
  • INTEGRAL FORMULATION OF GENERAL PRINCIPLES; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUDS.