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An Introduction to Continuum Mechanics (Volume 158)
Author(s): Morton E. Gurtin (Author)
- Publisher: Academic Press
- Publication Date: 16 Jan. 1982
- Language: English
- Print length: 280 pages
- ISBN-10: 0123097509
- ISBN-13: 9780123097507
Book Description
This book presents an introduction to the classical theories of continuum mechanics; in particular, to the theories of ideal, compressible, and viscous fluids, and to the linear and nonlinear theories of elasticity. These theories are important, not only because they are applicable to a majority of the problems in continuum mechanics arising in practice, but because they form a solid base upon which one can readily construct more complex theories of material behavior. Further, although attention is limited to the classical theories, the treatment is modern with a major emphasis on foundations and structure
