Cambridge Introduction To Continuum Mechanics

This page intentionally left blank INTRODUCTION TO CONTINUUM MECHANICS This textbook treats solids and fluids in a balanced manner, using thermodynamic restrictions on the relation between applied forces and material responses. This unified approach can be appreciated by engineers, physicists, and applied mathematicians with some background in engineering mechanics. It has many examples and about 150 exercises for students to practice. The higher mathematics needed for a complete understanding is provided in the early chapters. This subject is essential for engineers involved in experimental or numerical modeling of material behavior. Sudhakar Nair is the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs of the Graduate College, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering, and Professor of Applied Mathematics at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. He is a Fellow of the ASME, an Associate Fellow of the AIAA, and a member of the American Academy of Mechanics as well as Tau Beta Pi and Sigma Xi. Introduction to Continuum Mechanics Sudhakar Nair Illinois Institute of Technology CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 8RU, UK Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521875622 © Sudhakar Nair 2009 This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provision of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published in print format 2009 ISBN-13 978-0-511-50718-2 eBook (EBL) ISBN-13 978-0-521-87562-2 hardback Cambridge University Pres