Fundamentals of Continuum Mechanics: With Applications to Mechanical, Thermomechanical, and Smart Materials

Fundamentals of Continuum Mechanics provides a clear and rigorous presentation of continuum mechanics for engineers, physicists, and materials scientists. This book uses a first-principles-based approach to continuum-level characterization, design, and modeling. While emphasizing modern materials research, it also devotes special attention to constrained materials (for example, incompressible fluids) and the continuum characterization of TEMM smart materials. A wealth of carefully chosen examples and exercises illuminate the subject matter and facilitate self-study. Uses direct notation for a clear and straightforward math presentation, leading to better understanding of the underlying physicsCovers high-interest research areas such as constrained materials and characterization of smart materials used in intelligent systems and structuresOffers a unique approach to covering thermomechanical constraints, based on the authors' own research INDICE: IntroductionDirect, Cartesian component and curvilinear component notationsVector, metric, normed, and inner product spacesEuclidean 3-space and second-order tensorsEigenvalues and eigenvectorstensors of order three and fourtensor calculus: direct notationtensor calculus: Cartesian component notationCartesian coordinatesCurvilinear coordinatesConvected coordinatesInternal constraintsConstrained thermoelastic materialIncompressible viscous fluidsJump at a singular surfaceTEMM smart materialsRestrictions rendered by the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics

• ISBN: 978-0-12-394600-3
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 336
• Fecha Publicación: 07/11/2014
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés