Galilean mechanics and thermodynamics of continua / Géry de Saxcé, Claude Vallée.
| Author/creator | Saxce, Géry de. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London, UK : ISTE Ltd ; Hoboken, NJ, USA : John Wiley and Sons, Inc, [2016] |
| Description | xxviii, 413 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Mechanical engineering and solid mechanics series Mechanical engineering and solid mechanics series. ^A1157181 |
| Abstract | This title proposes a unified approach to continuum mechanics which is consistent with Galilean relativity. Based on the notion of affine tensors, a simple generalization of the classical tensors, this approach allows gathering the usual mechanical entities - mass, energy, force, moment, stresses, linear and angular momentum - in a single tensor. Starting with the basic subjects, and continuing through to the most advanced topics, the authors' presentation is progressive, inductive and bottom-up. They begin with the concept of an affine tensor, a natural extension of the classical tensors. The simplest types of affine tensors are the points of an affine space and the affine functions on this space, but there are more complex ones which are relevant for mechanics - torsors and momenta. The essential point is to derive the balance equations of a continuum from a unique principle which claims that these tensors are affine-divergence free.-- Source other than Library of Congress. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2015957652 |
| ISBN | 9781848216426 (hc) |
| ISBN | 1848216424 (hc) |
| ISBN | 1119058090 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 9781119058090 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 1119057957 |
| ISBN | 9781119057956 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |