Schaum's Outline of Continuum Mechanics

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For comprehensive—and comprehensible—coverage of both theory and real-world applications, you can’t find a better study guide than Schaum’s Outline of Continuum Mechanics. It gives you everything you need to get ready for tests and earn better grades! You get plenty of worked problems—solved for you step by step—along with hundreds of practice problems. From the mathematical foundations to fluid mechanics and viscoelasticity, this guide covers all the fundamentals—plus it shows you how theory is applied. This is the study guide to choose if you want to ace continuum mechanics!

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Nice condensed book.......2007-09-07

This is a great book to support all the information you can get in a single continuum mechanics class. It could be nice if it has a more detailed treatment of the mohr's circle because of his power in 2D and an approach to the analysis of shells and plates.
Best regards and enjoy it!

a good source for a "quick review".......2003-12-03

Like most other Schaum's series, the theory sections are condensed, which makes the part more like a compendium of continuum mechanics. The theoretical sections are thus good for a quick review of the material but not a good resource for "learning" the material. The biggest advantage of the book is that it provides an inexpensive summary of continuum mechanics.

The downside of the book is that the solved problems are not similar to the type of problems one confronts in a typical continuum course. In most cases several problems (statement together with the solution) are presented in a single page, which shows that each problem has been solved in 1-5 lines. I personally don't like most of the problems presented here; however, the problems could be useful for warming up.

A better book is "Introduction to the Mechanics of a Continuous Medium" by Malvern, which is the best I've seen in explaining the intricacies of the theory. Another good complement is Holzapfel's "Nonlinear Solid Mechanics: A Continuum Approach for Engineering", which contains both the theory AND some solved sample problems.

better than most professors, but..........2003-04-13

Better than most professors, but concepts are still difficult to grasp. Have you ever had one of those tennis ball machines go crazy at you? That is how continuum mechanics is, you constantly have things hurled in your direction and you don't know how to stop them. The concepts are very difficult to understand since I'm sure many professors have a hard time understanding the course material itself. The Schaum's outline helps very much in the sense that it slows down the hurling of material and it explains where many equations are derived from. This book stands out above the rest of continuum mechanics books in the sense that it offers solved problems, which is rare for such a theoretical class.

Not really a very good book.......2003-03-26

Not really a very good book on continuum mechanics. However, it
does summarise some very important points and equations useful
for quick reference. The exercise is not so great.

Very helpful, but also very theoretical.......2000-03-28

The problems in this book where very helpful to me in my applied continuum mechanics course, but they tended more towards the theoretical side. A good purchase for students and researchers dealing with solid mechanics and mechanics of materials.

Continuum Mechanics and Theory of Materials

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Continuum Mechanics and Theory of Materials
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Most books on continuum mechanics focus on elasticity and fluid mechanics. But whether student or practicing professional, modern engineers need a more thorough treatment to understand the behavior of the complex materials and systems in use today. Continuum Mechanics: Elasticity, Plasticity, Viscoelasticity offers a complete tour of the subject that includes not only elasticity and fluid mechanics but also covers plasticity, viscoelasticity, and the continuum model for fatigue and fracture mechanics. In addition to a broader scope, this book also supplies a review of the necessary mathematical tools and results for a self-contained treatment. The author provides finite element formulations of the equations encountered throughout the chapters and uses an approach with just the right amount of mathematical rigor without being too theoretical for practical use. Working systematically from the continuum model for the thermomechanics of materials, coverage moves through linear and nonlinear elasticity using both tensor and matrix notation, plasticity, viscoelasticity, and concludes by introducing the fundamentals of fracture mechanics and fatigue of metals. Requisite mathematical tools appear in the final chapter for easy reference. Continuum Mechanics: Elasticity, Plasticity, Viscoelasticity builds a strong understanding of the principles, equations, and finite element formulations needed to solve real engineering problems.

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The only modern, up-to-date introduction to plasticity Despite phenomenal progress in plasticity research over the past fifty years, introductory books on plasticity have changed very little. To meet the need for an up-to-date introduction to the field, Akhtar S. Khan and Sujian Huang have written Continuum Theory of Plasticity—a truly modern text which offers a continuum mechanics approach as well as a lucid presentation of the essential classical contributions. The early chapters give the reader a review of elementary concepts of plasticity, the necessary background material on continuum mechanics, and a discussion of the classical theory of plasticity. Recent developments in the field are then explored in sections on the Mroz Multisurface model, the Dafalias and Popov Two Surface model, the non-linear kinematic hardening model, the endochronic theory of plasticity, and numerous topics in finite deformation plasticity theory and strain space formulation for plastic deformation. Final chapters introduce the fundamentals of the micromechanics of plastic deformation and the analytical coupling between deformation of individual crystals and macroscopic material response of the polycrystal aggregate. For graduate students and researchers in engineering mechanics, mechanical, civil, and aerospace engineering, Continuum Theory of Plasticity offers a modern, comprehensive introduction to the entire subject of plasticity.

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An open response to your comments.......2000-01-23

I must admit, Amazon.com has a huge audience The review below has drawn a mixed response. While a few appreciated the review, many said that Professor Khan missed the opportunity of producing a 5-star book. A few pointed to readily seen typos in the book. At least one person called the inclusion of my own book here uncalled for.

All I have to say is this. Please feel free to write your thoughts here on Amazon.com. If you think a review by S.K. Jain is a piece of trash, or a book is good or not good, say so -- this is a free world. A positive review is just as good as a negative one -- both are two sides of one coin. Each helps us understand the coin.

A lucid presentation.......1999-10-24

As the book arrives in your hands from Amazon.com, what you find striking is detailed descriptions of Mroz model, theory of finite deformations, and crystal plasticity.

The book discusses in detail the stress-strain laws of classical plasticity which can be grouped under two headings following Mroz et al.(1991,1996): Single surface plasticity with integral hardening rule and multisurface plasticity with Mroz translation rule. In the first catagory, the book presents the models of perfect plasticity, the isotropic and kinematic hardening models of Prager, Frederick-Armstrong and Chaboche, and the endochronic model. The integral hardening rule with von-Mises yield function is the endochronic theory of Valanis(1980) as presented by Watanabe and Atluri(1986) and is discussed in great detail in this book. Such a presentation has not appeared in any other textbook todate. In the second catagory, the book presents the two surface plasticity model of Dafalias and Popov(1975) and the integrated hardening model of Mroz(1967) at length.

What I like about the book most is its coverage of the concepts of irreversible thermodynamics as they pertain to the theory of plasticity. The book stops short of unifying various models through this framework of thermodynamics.

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This book presents an introduction into the entire science of Continuum Mechanics in three parts. Part I: Continuum Mechanics introduces into the Foundations using tensors in Cartesian coordinate systems, classical theory of elasticity, and fluid mechanics. Part II: Mechanics of Materials has chapters on viscoelasticity, plasticity, principles of constitutive modelling, and thermodynamics. Part III presents Tensor Analysis and fundamental equations of Continuum Mechanics in curvilinear coordinates.

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