Variational Principles of Continuum Mechanics Two Volume Set: Interaction of Mechanics and Mathematics

By Victor L. Berdichevsky

I Fundamentals.- Variational Principles.- Thermodynamics.- Continuum Mechanics.- Principle of least action in continuum mechanics.- Direct methods of calculus of variations.- II Variational features of classical continuum models.- Statics of a geometrically linear elastic body.- Statics of a geometrically nonlinear elastic body.- Dynamics of elastic bodies.- Ideal incompressible fluid.- Ideal compressible fluid.- Steady motion of ideal fluid and elastic body.- Principle of least dissipation.- Motion of rigid bodies in fluids.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3540884653
• ISBN13: 9783540884651
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 900 Pages
• Weight: 3.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.2" x 6.2" x 9.2"