INTRODUCTION TO CONTINUUM MECHANICS FOR ENGINEERS
- Author: Ray M. Bowen
- Language: ingliz tilida
- Writing: ingliz yozuvida
- Publisher: Texas A&M University
- Year: 2007
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This textbook is intended to introduce engineering graduate students to the essentials of
modern Continuum Mechanics. The objective of an introductory course is to establish certain
classical continuum models within a modern framework. Engineering students need a firm
understanding of classical models such as the linear viscous fluids (Navier-Stokes theory) and
infinitesimal elasticity. This understanding should include an appreciation for the status of the
classical theories as special cases of general nonlinear continuum models. The relationship of the
classical theories to nonlinear models is essential in light of the increasing reliance, by engineering
designers and researchers, on prepackaged computer codes. These codes are based upon models
which have a specific and limited range of validity. Given the danger associated with the use of
these computer codes in circumstances where the model is not valid, engineers have a need for an
in depth understanding of continuum mechanics and the continuum models which can be
formulated by use of continuum mechanics techniques