Continuum Mechanics Advanced Topics and Research Trends /

• Main Authors: Romano, Antonio. (Author), Marasco, Addolorata. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Boston : Birkhũser Boston, 2010.
• Edition: 1.
• Series: Modeling and Simulation in Science, Engineering and Technology
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Mechanics.; Mechanics, applied.; Materials.; Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.; Applications of Mathematics.; Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.; Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-8176-4870-1

This book offers a broad overview of the potential of continuum mechanics to describe a wide range of macroscopic phenomena in real-world problems. Building on the fundamentals presented in the authors<U+0019> previous book, Continuum Mechanics using Mathematicaʼ, this new work explores intere...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Nonlinear Elasticity
• Micropolar Elasticity
• Continuous Systems with Nonmaterial Interface
• Phase Equilibrium
• Stationary and Time-Dependent Phase Changes
• An Introduction to Mixture Theory
• Electromagnetism in Matter
• Introduction to Magnetofluid Dynamics
• Continua with an Interface and Micromagnetism
• Relativistic Continuous Systems
• Appendix A: A Brief Introduction to Weak Solutions
• Appendix B: Elements of Surface Geometry
• Appendix C: First-Order PDE
• Appendix D: The Tensor Character of Some Physical Quantities
• References
• Index.