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Saxcé, Géry de

Galilean Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Continua

Saxcé, Géry de - Galilean Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Continua, ebook

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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.

Keywords: introduction; part; galileos principle; relativity; principle; calculus; units; comments; experts; transport; moment; diagram; particles; dynamics; transformation; gravitational forces; motion; acceleration; transformation laws; gravitation, Computational / Numerical Methods, Computational / Numerical Methods

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Publisher
John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
Publication year
2016
Language
en
Edition
1
Page amount
448 pages
Category
Natural Sciences
Format
Ebook
eISBN (ePUB)
9781119058090
Printed ISBN
9781848216426

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