Schaum's Outline of Continuum Mechanics (Paperback)

~ George Mase (Author) "Continuum mechanics deals with physical quantities which are independent of any particular coordinate system that may be used to describe them..." (more)
Key Phrases: Solved Problems, Supplementary Problems, Sketch the Mohr

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For comprehensive--and comprehensible--coverage of both theory and real-world applications, you can't find a better study guide than Schaum's Outline of Continuum Mechanics. It gives you everything you need to get ready for tests and earn better grades! You get plenty of worked problems--solved for you step by step--along with hundreds of practice problems. From the mathematical foundations to fluid mechanics and viscoelasticity, this guide covers all the fundamentals--plus it shows you how theory is applied. This is the study guide to choose if you want to ace continuum mechanics!

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Master the basic concepts and fundamental principles of continuum mechanics with this easy-to-use study guide! With its hundreds of fully solved problems, it can help you every step of the way to better grades!

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For comprehensive—and comprehensible—coverage of both theory and real-world applications, you can’t do better than this Schaum’s Outline of Continuum Mechanics. It gives you everything you need to get ready for tests and earn better grades! You get plenty of worked problems—solved for you step by step—along with hundreds of practice problems. This is the study guide to choose if you want to ace continuum mechanics!

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Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (June 1, 1969)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0070406634
• ISBN-13: 978-0070406636
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #267,200 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very helpful, but also very theoretical, March 27, 2000

By A Customer

The problems in this book where very helpful to me in my applied continuum mechanics course, but they tended more towards the theoretical side. A good purchase for students and researchers dealing with solid mechanics and mechanics of materials.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars a good source for a "quick review", December 2, 2003

By	Alireza Kashef (Stanford, CA) - See all my reviews

Like most other Schaum's series, the theory sections are condensed, which makes the part more like a compendium of continuum mechanics. The theoretical sections are thus good for a quick review of the material but not a good resource for "learning" the material. The biggest advantage of the book is that it provides an inexpensive summary of continuum mechanics.

The downside of the book is that the solved problems are not similar to the type of problems one confronts in a typical continuum course. In most cases several problems (statement together with the solution) are presented in a single page, which shows that each problem has been solved in 1-5 lines. I personally don't like most of the problems presented here; however, the problems could be useful for warming up.

A better book is "Introduction to the Mechanics of a Continuous Medium" by Malvern, which is the best I've seen in explaining the intricacies of the theory. Another good complement is Holzapfel's "Nonlinear Solid Mechanics: A Continuum Approach for Engineering", which contains both the theory AND some solved sample problems.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars better than most professors, but..., April 12, 2003

By A Customer

Better than most professors, but concepts are still difficult to grasp. Have you ever had one of those tennis ball machines go crazy at you? That is how continuum mechanics is, you constantly have things hurled in your direction and you don't know how to stop them. The concepts are very difficult to understand since I'm sure many professors have a hard time understanding the course material itself. The Schaum's outline helps very much in the sense that it slows down the hurling of material and it explains where many equations are derived from. This book stands out above the rest of continuum mechanics books in the sense that it offers solved problems, which is rare for such a theoretical class.