B. Lautrup

Physics of Continuous Matter

Exotic and Everyday Phenomena in the Macroscopic World

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Assuming only a basic knowledge of Newtonian mechanics, this textbook provides a unified, comprehensive, and coherent introduction to continuum mechanics from a modern perspective. It presents discussions of such topics as local thermodynamic equilibrium, existing models of turbulence, basic magnetohydrodrnamics, tsunamis, and explosions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc
• 2 ed
• Seitenzahl: 696
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. März 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 285mm x 225mm x 50mm
• Gewicht: 1888g
• ISBN-13: 9781420077001
• ISBN-10: 1420077007
• Artikelnr.: 23284889

Autorenporträt

B. Lautrup is a professor in theoretical physics at the Niels Bohr International Academy in the Niels Bohr Institute under the University of Copenhagen. He is also chairman of the Center for the Philosophy of Nature and Science Studies at the University of Copenhagen. His research interests include complex systems, fluid mechanics, and network theory.

Inhaltsangabe

Continuous Matter. FLUIDS AT REST: Pressure. Buoyancy and Stability.
Hydrostatic Shapes. Surface Tension. SOLIDS AT REST: Stress. Strain.
Hooke's Law. Basic Elastostatics. Slender Rods. Computational
Elastostatics. FLUIDS IN MOTION: Continuum Dynamics. Nearly Ideal Flow.
Compressible Flow. Viscosity. Channels and Pipes. Creeping Flow. Rotating
Fluids. Computational Fluid Dynamics. BALANCE AND CONSERVATION: Mechanical
Balances. Action and Reaction. Energy. Entropy. SELECTED TOPICS: Elastic
Vibrations. Gravity Waves. Jumps and Shocks. Whirls and Vortices. Boundary
Layers. Subsonic Flight. Convection. Turbulence. APPENDICES: Newtonian
Mechanics. Cartesian Coordinates. Field Calculus. Curvilinear Coordinates.
Thermodynamics of Ideal Gases. Answers to Problems. References. Index.

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Continuous Matter. FLUIDS AT REST: Pressure. Buoyancy and Stability. Hydrostatic Shapes. Surface Tension. SOLIDS AT REST: Stress. Strain. Hooke's Law. Basic Elastostatics. Slender Rods. Computational Elastostatics. FLUIDS IN MOTION: Continuum Dynamics. Nearly Ideal Flow. Compressible Flow. Viscosity. Channels and Pipes. Creeping Flow. Rotating Fluids. Computational Fluid Dynamics. BALANCE AND CONSERVATION: Mechanical Balances. Action and Reaction. Energy. Entropy. SELECTED TOPICS: Elastic Vibrations. Gravity Waves. Jumps and Shocks. Whirls and Vortices. Boundary Layers. Subsonic Flight. Convection. Turbulence. APPENDICES: Newtonian Mechanics. Cartesian Coordinates. Field Calculus. Curvilinear Coordinates. Thermodynamics of Ideal Gases. Answers to Problems. References. Index.

Rezensionen

"With its elegant presentation and comprehensive treatment of the subject, Physics of Continuous Matter does a fantastic job of illustrating how the physics of the classical world around us is profound, beautiful, and often counterintuitive."
-Sujit S. Datta, Pure and Applied Geophysics, 170 (2013)

"I completely agree with the reviewer of the first edition that this book provides an excellent, modern introduction to the field of continuum mechanics. The second edition has been streamlined, and the structure of the presentation has been improved. ... on its best way to become a classic text in the field. The text is exceptionally clear and well structured, and the breadth of the fields from which the author chooses his illustrating examples is impressive. ... I can warmly recommend this book to everyone with an interest in continuum mechanics, lecturers and students alike. Lecturers will find various historical anecdotes, innumerable examples and applications, and a modern account of almost all basic aspects of continuum mechanics that will provide an excellent foundation for a lecture course on this subject. Students can benefit from the author's deep physical insight into many difficult problems as well as his mastery of mathematical analysis."
-Thomas Peters, Contemporary Physics, January 2013

Praise for the First Edition:
"... this book satisfies with great style. Although it starts from the very beginning of the subject, it also reaches advanced topics, but without discontinuities along the way. ... A good introductory course could be based on this material. ...The emphasis is on understanding the problems and obtaining analytical solutions, but there are two chapters on computational methods, for static elasticity and for fluid dynamics. ... This is an excellent text, which ought to inspire students and teachers alike with the richness of behaviour that is contained within a few continuum equat