This small book on the properties of continuously distributed
matter covers a huge field. It sets out the governing principles of
continuum physics and illustrates them by carefully chosen
examples. These examples comprise structural mechanics and
elasticity, fluid media, electricity and optics, thermoelectricity,
fluctuation phenomena and more, from Archimedes' principle via
Brownian motion to white dwarfs. Metamaterials, pattern formation
by reaction-diffusion and surface plasmon polaritons are dealt with
as well as classical topics such as Stokes' formula, beam bending
and buckling, crystal optics and electro- and magnetooptic effects,
dielectric waveguides, Ohm's law, surface acoustic waves, to
mention just some. The set of balance equations for content, flow
and production of particles, mass, charge, momentum, energy and
entropy is augmented by material, or constitutive equations. They
describe entire classes of materials, such as viscid fluids and
gases, elastic media, dielectrics or electrical conductors. We
discuss the response of matter to rapidly oscillating external
parameters, in particular the electric field strength of light, in
the framework of statistical thermodynamics.< An appendix on
fields and a glossary round off this bird's-eye view on continuum
physics. Students of physics, engineering and related fields will
benefit from the clear presentation of worked examples and the
variety of solution methods, including numerical techniques.
Lecturers or advanced students may profit from the unified view on
a substantial part of physics. It may help them to embed their
research field conceptually within a wider context.
General
| Imprint: |
Springer-Verlag
|
| Country of origin: |
Germany |
| Series: |
Graduate Texts in Physics |
| Release date: |
August 2012 |
| First published: |
2012 |
| Authors: |
Peter Hertel
|
| Dimensions: |
235 x 155 x 17mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
278 |
| Edition: |
2012 ed. |
| ISBN-13: |
978-3-642-29499-0 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Science & Mathematics >
Physics >
Classical mechanics >
General
|
| LSN: |
3-642-29499-5 |
| Barcode: |
9783642294990 |
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