A Brief on Tensor Analysis (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780387940885)

This new edition is intended for third and fourth year undergraduates in Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, and the Applied Sciences, and can serve as a springboard for further work in Continuum Mechanics or General Relativity. Starting from a basic knowledge of calculus and matrix algebra, together with fundamental ideas from mechanics and geometry, the text gradually develops the tools for formulating and manipulating the field equations of Continuum Mechanics. The mathematics of tensor analysis is introduced in well-separated stages: the concept of a tensor as an operator; the representation of a tensor in terms of its Cartesian components; the components of a tensor relative to a general basis, tensor notation, and finally, tensor

Author: James G. Simmonds
ISBN-10: 038794088X
ISBN-13: 9780387940885
Publisher: Springer
Language: English
Published: 11/19/1993
Pages: 114
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 9.59h x 6.36w x 0.57d