Continuum mechanics
Anthony James Merrill
- Mineola, N.Y. : Dover Publications 1980
- 183 pages
Introduction : continuum mechanics -- Introductory matrix algebra -- Vectors and cartesian tensors -- Particle kinematics -- Stress -- Motions and deformations -- Conservation laws -- Linear constitutive equations -- Further analysis of finite deformation -- Non-linear constitutive equations -- Cylindrical and spherical polar coordinates
Undergraduate text opens with introductory chapters on matrix algebra, vectors and Cartesian tensors, and an analysis of deformation and stress; succeeding chapters examine laws of conservation of mass, momentum, and energy as well as the formulation of mechanical constitutive equations. 1992 edition.