An Expedition to Continuum Theory

• Main Author: Müller, Wolfgang H. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Solid Mechanics and Its Applications, 210
• Subjects: Engineering.; Continuum physics.; Mechanics.; Mechanics, Applied.; Materials science.; Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.; Classical Continuum Physics.; Materials Science, general.

This book introduces field theory as required in solid and fluid mechanics as well as in electromagnetism. It also presents the necessary mathematical framework, namely tensor algebra and tensor calculus, by using an inductive approach, which makes it particularly suitable for beginners. In general,...