文档介绍：CONTINUUM MECHANICS
This is a modern textbook for courses in continuum mechanics. It
provides both the theoretical framework and the numerical meth-
ods required to model the behavior of continuous materials. This
self-contained textbook is tailored for advanced undergraduate or first-
year graduate students with numerous step-by-step derivations and
worked-out examples. The author presents both the general contin-
uum theory and the mathematics needed to apply it in practice. The
derivation of constitutive models for ideal gases, fluids, solids, and
biological materials and the numerical methods required to solve the
resulting differential equations are also detailed. Specifically, the text
presents the theory and numerical implementation for the finite dif-
ference and the finite element methods in the Matlab® programming
language. It includes thirteen detailed Matlab® programs illustrating
how constitutive models are used in practice.
Dr. Franco M. Capaldi received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering
from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He taught Mechanical
Engineering at Drexel University from 2006 to 2011. He is currently
an Associate Professor of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at
Merrimack College. His research focuses on the modeling of biological
and polymeric materials at various length scales.
Continuum Mechanics
CONSTITUTIVE MODELING OF STRUCTURAL
AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
Franco M. Capaldi
Merrimack College
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