Introduction to Continuum Mechanics1连续力学导论

Asaprimarybranchofphysicalmechanics,continuummechanicsdealswithforcesandbehavioursthatarecontinuousthroughoutamaterialorsystem,beitsolidorfluid.Itincludessuchbehaviorsasstress,strain,kinematics,elasticity,andplasticity.Withoutathoroughunderstandingofcontinuummechancs,virtuallyalladvancedmechanicalengineeringwouldbeimpossible.Thisclassictextbynotededucators,W.MichaelLai,DavidRubinandErhardKrempl,hasbeenusedforover30yearstointroducecontinuummechanicsfromtheupperundergraduatetograduatelevel.Itbeginswithathoroughyethighlyaccessiblegroundingintheunderylingprincples:tensoranalysisandkinematics.Thetextpresumespriorknowledgeofbasicdifferentialandintegralcalculus,butnomore.ThebookgoesontoprovideexamplesofeverydayapplicationsofcontinuummethodstosuchclassicproblemsasloadinganddeformationofsolidsaswellasstressresponseinbothNewtonianviscousandNon-Newtonianfluids.Thisneweditionoffersimprovementstoaddressevolvingteachingmethods,withgreaterflexibilityforeitheroneortwo-semeseterusage,includingmoreenhancedcoverageofelasticity,andimprovedproblemsetsandmorereal-worldapplications.Itis,andwillremain,oneofthemostaccessibletextbooksonaperenniallychallengingengineeringsubject.SignificantlyexpandedcoverageofelasticityinChapter5,includingsolutionsofsome3-Dproblemsbasedonthefundamentalpotentialfunctionsapproach.NewsectionattheendofChapter4devotedtotheintegralformulationofthefieldequationsSevennewappendicesappearattheendoftherelevantchapterstohelpmakeeachchaptermoreself-containedExpandedandimprovedproblemsetsprovidingbothintellectualchallengesandengineeringapplications