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Introduction to the Mechanics of a Continuous Medium
Lawrence E. Malvern

ISBN-10: 0134876032
ISBN-13:  9780134876030

Publisher:  Prentice Hall
Copyright:  1977
Format:  Paper; 173 pp
Published:  06/01/1977
Status: Instock



A unified presentation of the concepts and general principles common to all branches of solid and fluid mechanics.

  • provides a careful statement of the concepts and principles with a minimum of mathematical formalism — using a symbolic notation independent of any choice of coordinate system — along with component evaluations in Cartesian coordinates.



 1. Vectors and Tensors.


 2. Strain and Deformation.


 3. General Principles.


 4. Constitutive Equations.


 5. Fluid Mechanics.


 6. Linearized Theory of Elasticity.


Appendix I: Tensors.


Appendix II: Orthogonal Curvilinear.

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