Introduction to Continuum Mechanics
3rd Edition
Published on 28. June 2014
570 pages
978-0-08-050913-6 (ISBN)
Description
Introduction to Continuum Mechanics is a recently updated and revised text which is perfect for either introductory courses in an undergraduate engineering curriculum or for a beginning graduate course.Continuum Mechanics studies the response of materials to different loading conditions. The concept of tensors is introduced through the idea of linear transformation in a self-contained chapter, and the interrelation of direct notation, indicial notation, and matrix operations is clearly presented. A wide range of idealized materials are considered through simple static and dynamic problems, and the book contains an abundance of illustrative examples of problems, many with solutions.Serves as either a introductory undergraduate course or a beginning graduate course textbook.Includes many problems with illustrations and answers.
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W. Michael Lai | David Rubin | Erhard Krempl
Introduction to Continuum Mechanics
E-Book
07/2009
4th Edition
Butterworth-Heinemann
€78.95
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W. Michael Lai | Erhard Krempl | David Rubin
Introduction to Continuum Mechanics
Book
01/1994
Butterworth-Heinemann
€82.93
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Persons
W. Michael Lai is Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering and Orthpaedic Bioengineering at Columbia University. He received his Ph.D in Engineering Mechanics in 1962 from the University of Michigan. Between 1962 and 1986, he was a faculty member in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He joined the Columbia faculty in 1987 with a joint appointment between the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. He served as Chairman of the Mechanical Engineering Department from 1996 to 2002 and became Professor Emeritus in 2004. His research field has been in Orthopaedic Bioengineering with a special interest in soft tissue mechanics. He is a Fellow of ASME and a founding Fellow of the American Institute for Biomedical and Biological Engineering (1995).Dr. David Rubin is a retired principal and senior scientist at Weidlinger Associates, a former engineering firm in New York City
Content
IntroductionTensorsKinematics of a ContinuumStressThe Elastic SolidNewtonian Viscous FluidIntegral Formulation of General PrinciplesIncompressible Simple Fluid
