Foundations and Applications of Mechanics

An independent stand-alone text for students providing adequate mathematical background required, discusses kinematics, governing equations and constitutive relations for simple materials laying major emphasis on new developments as material frame-indifference, the implications of the second law of thermodynamics, material symmetry etc. Illustrates under suitable assumptions, the classical theories of fluid mechanics, solid mechanics (including the linear theory of elasticity), and rigid-body dynamics follow form the general continuum equations. Examples provided through out the text establish the link between mathematics and physical reality.