TY - BOOK AU - Spencer, A. J. M. TI - Continuum mechanics SN - 9780486435947 U1 - 531 PY - 1980/// CY - Mineola, N.Y. : PB - Dover Publications N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -