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A bestselling textbook in its first three editions, Continuum
Mechanics for Engineers, Fourth Edition provides engineering
students with a complete, concise, and accessible introduction to
advanced engineering mechanics. It provides information that is
useful in emerging engineering areas, such as micro-mechanics and
biomechanics. Through a mastery of this volume's contents and
additional rigorous finite element training, readers will develop
the mechanics foundation necessary to skillfully use modern,
advanced design tools. Features: Provides a basic, understandable
approach to the concepts, mathematics, and engineering applications
of continuum mechanics Updated throughout, and adds a new chapter
on plasticity Features an expanded coverage of fluids Includes
numerous all new end-of-chapter problems With an abundance of
worked examples and chapter problems, it carefully explains
necessary mathematics and presents numerous illustrations, giving
students and practicing professionals an excellent self-study guide
to enhance their skills.
Integrated Mechanics Knowledge Essential for Any Engineer
Introduction to Engineering Mechanics: A Continuum Approach, Second
Edition uses continuum mechanics to showcase the connections
between engineering structure and design and between solids and
fluids and helps readers learn how to predict the effects of
forces, stresses, and strains. The authors' "continuum checklist"
provides a framework for a wide variety of problems in solid and
fluid mechanics. The essence of continuum mechanics, the internal
response of materials to external loading, is often obscured by the
complex mathematics of its formulation. By gradually building the
formulations from one-dimensional to two- and three-dimensional,
the authors help students develop a physical intuition for solid
and fluid behavior and for the very interesting behavior of those
materials including many biomaterials, between these extremes. This
text is an accessible first introduction to the mechanics of all
engineering materials, and incorporates a wide range of case
studies highlighting the relevance of the technical content in
societal, historical, ethical, and global contexts. It also offers
a useful perspective for engineers concerned with biomedical,
civil, chemical, mechanical, or other applications. New in the
Second Edition: The latest edition contains significantly more
examples, problems, and case studies than the first edition. The 22
chapters in this text: Define and present the template for the
continuum approach Introduce strain and stress in one dimension,
develop a constitutive law, and apply these concepts to the simple
case of an axially loaded bar Extend the concepts to higher
dimensions by introducing the Poisson's ratio and strain and stress
tensors Apply the continuum sense of solid mechanics to problems
including torsion, pressure vessels, beams, and columns Make
connections between solid and fluid mechanics, introducing
properties of fluids and strain rate tensor Address fluid statics
Consider applications in fluid mechanics Develop the governing
equations in both control volume and differential forms Emphasize
real-world design applications Introduction to Engineering
Mechanics: A Continuum Approach, Second Edition provides a thorough
understanding of how materials respond to loading: how solids
deform and incur stress and how fluids flow. It introduces the
fundamentals of solid and fluid mechanics, illustrates the
mathematical connections between these fields, and emphasizes their
diverse real-life applications. The authors also provide historical
context for the ideas they describe and offer hints for future use.
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