Nonlinear Continua

• Main Authors: Dvorkin, Eduardo N. (Author), Goldschmit, Marcela B. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Series: Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Differential geometry.; Mechanics.; Thermodynamics.; Heat engineering.; Heat transfer.; Mass transfer.; Continuum mechanics.; Fluid mechanics.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.; Differential Geometry.; Engineering Fluid Dynamics.; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer.

This book develops a modern presentation of Continuum Mechanics, oriented towards numerical applications in the fields of nonlinear analysis of solids, structures and fluid mechanics. The kinematics of the continuum deformation, including pull-back / push-forward transformations between different co...