Introduction to continuum mechanics

• Main Author: Lai, W. Michael, 1930-
• Other Authors: Rubin, David, 1942-, Krempl, Erhard.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: [Oxford] : Butterworth-Heinemann, 1996, ©1993.
• Edition: 3rd ed.
• Subjects: Continuum mechanics.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 1591242355; 9781591242352; 0750628944; 9780750628945
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 556 pages) : illustrations

Continuum mechanics studies the response of materials to different loading conditions. The concept of tensors is introduced through the idea of linear transformation, and the interrelation of direct notation, indicial notation, and matrix operations is also presented. A wide range of idealized mater...