Mathematical Modeling in Continuum Mechanics - Hardcover

Temam, Roger; Miranville, Alain

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521643627 ISBN 13: 9780521643627

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2000

Synopsis

Continuum mechanics is widely taught to graduate students in applied mathematics, physics, and engineering, providing the basis for further study in fluid and solid mechanics. Presentations of the subject, however, vary greatly in their level of formalism, being either engineering and example oriented or mathematically over-sophisticated. Temam and Miranville provide a rigorous presentation of the underlying mathematics and physics of the problem, avoiding unnecessary use of function spaces. The authors then build on this base to present core topics within the general themes of fluid and solid mechanics. The brisk style allows the text to cover a wide range of topics, including: viscous flow, magnetohydrodynamics, atmospheric flows, shock equations, turbulence, nonlinear solid mechanics, solitons, and the nonlinear Schrödinger equation. This original text should be a unique resource for those studying continuum mechanics at the advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate level, whether in engineering, mathematics, physics, or the applied sciences.

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Review

'The book is well written ... a useful and elegant introductory textbook to Continuum Mechanics.' P. Gremaund, Applied Mechanical Review

Book Description

Temam and Miranville provide a rigorous presentation of the underlying mathematics and physics of continuum mechanics, avoiding unnecessary use of function spaces. This original text should be a unique resource for those studying continuum mechanics at the advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate level, whether in engineering, mathematics, physics, or the applied sciences.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0521643627
• ISBN 13: 9780521643627
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 302