Continuum Mechanics: Concise Theory and Problems (Dover Books on Physics) [Paperback]

P. Chadwick (Author), Physics (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 15, 1999 | ISBN-10: 0486401804 | ISBN-13: 978-0486401805 | Edition: 2 Expanded

This comprehensive treatment offers 115 solved problems and exercises to promote understanding of vector and tensor theory, basic kinematics, balance laws, field equations, jump conditions, and constitutive equations. Expressed in a common, efficient notation, the clear and formally precise steps for solving each problem foster quick comprehension.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Dover Publications; 2 Expanded edition (November 15, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0486401804
• ISBN-13: 978-0486401805
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #485,699 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Awesome supplemental reading for advanced students, February 20, 2001

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This review is from: Continuum Mechanics: Concise Theory and Problems (Dover Books on Physics) (Paperback)

I first heard about this book when in engineering graduate school. At the time, this book was out-of-print, so my version came from an almost unreadable nth xerox copy, where n is a very large number. Having had two courses in Continuum Mechanics, I was in a position to appreciate this book. In addition to defining the trace and determinant in the usual way, for example, this book also lucidly presented invariant direct notation definitions. This book contains an excellent derivation of the jump relations that must be satisfied across moving shocks. This book is too disorganized and incomplete to serve as an introductory textbook, but it is fabulous as supplemental reading if you seek new insights on topics you already know.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Concise supplement to your professor's lecture, October 2, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Continuum Mechanics: Concise Theory and Problems (Dover Books on Physics) (Paperback)

This "textbook" is really a bare-bones, although reasonably comprehensive, outline of an entry graduate course on continuum mechanics. Many of its 100 or so worked-out "problems" are not really problems as much they are part of larger derivations of theories. If your professor does not specify a required textbook or does not provide lecture notes, buy this book as a supplement. -UC Berkeley graduate mechanical engineering student

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent as supplementary book on the subject, August 22, 2002

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This review is from: Continuum Mechanics: Concise Theory and Problems (Dover Books on Physics) (Paperback)

This book contains all the required theory in compact, though mathematically strict and complete form. About 180 pages, it is a valuable supplement for the study of continuum mechanics.