Continuum Mechanics and Linear Elasticity: An Applied Mathematics Introduction

Ciprian D. Coman

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Abstract

This is an intermediate book for beginning postgraduate students and junior researchers, and offers up-to-date content on both continuum mechanics and elasticity. The material is self-contained and should provide readers sufficient working knowledge in both areas. Though the focus is primarily on the so-called coordinate-free approach, the more traditional index notation is used whenever it is deemed more sensible.

With the increasing demand for continuum modeling in such diverse areas as mathematical biology and geology, it is imperative to have various approaches to continuum mechanics and elasticity. This book presents these subjects from an applied mathematics perspective. In particular, it extensively uses linear algebra and vector calculus to develop the fundamentals of both subjects in a way that requires minimal use of coordinates (so that beginning graduate students and junior researchers come to appreciate the power of the tensor notation).
Original languageEnglish
PublisherSpringer Netherland
Number of pages519
Edition1st
ISBN (Electronic)9789402417715
ISBN (Print)9789402417692
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 26 Dec 2019

Publication series

NameSolid Mechanics and Its Applications
PublisherSpringer Netherlands
Volume238
ISSN (Print)0925-0042

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