Spencer, A. J. M.

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.

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