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Fundamentals of Continuum Mechanics

With Applications to Mechanical, Thermomechanical, and Smart Materials

  • 1st Edition - November 5, 2014
  • Authors: Stephen Bechtel, Robert Lowe
  • Language: English
  • Paperback ISBN:
    9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 0 1 1 7 - 9
  • Hardback ISBN:
    9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 3 9 4 6 0 0 - 3
  • eBook ISBN:
    9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 3 9 4 8 3 4 - 2

Fundamentals of Continuum Mechanics provides a clear and rigorous presentation of continuum mechanics for engineers, physicists, applied mathematicians, and materials scient… Read more

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Fundamentals of Continuum Mechanics provides a clear and rigorous presentation of continuum mechanics for engineers, physicists, applied mathematicians, and materials scientists. This book emphasizes the role of thermodynamics in constitutive modeling, with detailed application to nonlinear elastic solids, viscous fluids, and modern smart materials. While emphasizing advanced material modeling, special attention is also devoted to developing novel theories for incompressible and thermally expanding materials. A wealth of carefully chosen examples and exercises illuminate the subject matter and facilitate self-study.