Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Symbols
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Preface to the First Edition
- About the Author
- 1 INTRODUCTION
- 2 VECTORS AND TENSORS
- 3 KINEMATICS OF CONTINUA
- 4 STRESS MEASURES
- 5 CONSERVATION AND BALANCE LAWS
- 6 CONSTITUTIVE EQUATIONS
- 7 LINEARIZED ELASTICITY
- 8 FLUID MECHANICS AND HEAT TRANSFER
- 9 LINEARIZED VISCOELASTICITY
- References for Additional Reading
- Answers to Selected Problems
- Index
Preface to the Second Edition
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2013
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Symbols
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Preface to the First Edition
- About the Author
- 1 INTRODUCTION
- 2 VECTORS AND TENSORS
- 3 KINEMATICS OF CONTINUA
- 4 STRESS MEASURES
- 5 CONSERVATION AND BALANCE LAWS
- 6 CONSTITUTIVE EQUATIONS
- 7 LINEARIZED ELASTICITY
- 8 FLUID MECHANICS AND HEAT TRANSFER
- 9 LINEARIZED VISCOELASTICITY
- References for Additional Reading
- Answers to Selected Problems
- Index
Summary
Tis the good reader that makes the good book; in every book he finds passages which seem confidences or asides hidden from all else and unmistakeably meant for his ear; the profit of books is according to the sensibility of the reader; the profoundest thought or passion sleeps as in a mine, until it is discovered by an equal mind and heart.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
— Galileo Galilei (1564–1642)Engineers are problem solvers. They construct mathematical models, develop analytical and numerical approaches and methodologies, and design and manufacture various types of devices, systems, or processes. Mathematical development and engineering analysis are aids to designing systems for specific functionalities, and they involve (1) mathematical model development, (2) data acquisition by measurements, (3) numerical simulation, and (4) evaluation of the results in light of known information. Mathematical models are developed using laws of physics and assumptions concerning the behavior of the system under consideration. The most difficult step in arriving at a design that is both functional and cost-effective is the construction of a suitable mathematical model of the system's behavior. It is in this context that a course on continuum mechanics or elasticity provides engineers with the background to formulate a suitable mathematical model and evaluate it in the context of the functionality and design constraints placed on the system.
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- An Introduction to Continuum Mechanics , pp. xxiii - xxivPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013