Introduction to Relativistic Continuum Mechanics

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ferrarese, G. (Editor), Bini, D. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics ; 727
• Subjects: Physics.; Differential geometry.; Gravitation.; Continuum physics.; Mechanics.; Continuum mechanics.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.; Differential Geometry.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.; Classical Continuum Physics.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.

This mathematically-oriented introduction takes the point of view that students should become familiar, at an early stage, with the physics of relativistic continua and thermodynamics within the framework of special relativity. Therefore, in addition to standard textbook topics such as relativistic...

Table of Contents:

• Classical Physics: Axiomatic Formulation
• Space-Time Geometry and Relativistic Kinematics
• Test Particle Dynamics
• Applications
• Relativistic Kinematics for a Three-Dimensional Continuum
• Elements of Classical Dynamics of a Continuum
• Elements of Relativistic Dynamics of a Continuum
• Elements of Relativistic Thermodynamics of a Continuum
• Relativistic Electromagnetism in Vacuum.