Introduction to Continuum Mechanics for Engineers

Continuum mechanics is a branch of physics specifically mechanics that deals with continuous matter, including both solids and fluids (in example liquids and gases.this book will introductory more on matrix algebra, vectors and Cartesian tensors, and an analysis of deformation and stress; succeeding chapters examine laws of conservation of mass, momentum, and energy as well as the formulation of mechanical constitutive equations,
The physical laws of solids and fluids do not depend on the coordinate system in which they are observed. Continuum mechanics thus uses tensors, which are mathematical objects that are independent of coordinate system. These tensors can be expressed in coordinate systems for computational convenience.

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