Written for beginners, this text provides coverage of the basic concepts, general principles and applications of continuum mechanics. It deals with matrices, vectors and tensors specifically tailored to the needs of continuum mechanics. In addition, it develops the concepts and principles common to all areas in solid and fluid mechanics with a common notation and terminology. The book covers the fundamentals of elasticity theory and fluid mechanics and features over 250 worked examples and more than 500 worked exercises.
- ISBN10 0121678806
- ISBN13 9780121678807
- Publish Date 31 May 1994
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 20 November 2009
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
- Imprint Academic Press Inc
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 560
- Language English