Fundamentals of Continuum Mechanics by Bechtel and Lowe Published by Elsevier
The textbook provides a rigorous presentation of continuum mechanics for engineers, physicists, applied mathematicians, and materials scientists. The role of thermodynamics in constitutive modeling is emphasized, with detailed application to nonlinear elastic solids, viscous fluids, and modern smart materials. Special attention is devoted to developing novel theories for incompressible and thermally expanding materials.
The book, published in November, is targeted to engineers and scientists involved in mathematical and computational modeling in solid mechanics, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, and materials science, and to graduate students in engineering, physics, applied mathematics, and materials science.
Bechtel is a retired professor in the Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering (MAE) at The Ohio State University. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and a two-time winner of the Ohio State University College of Engineering Lumley Research Award.
Lowe is a Presidential Fellow and former ASME Graduate Teaching Fellow in MAE. He is currently advised by Professor Sheng-Tao John Yu, and conducts research in the Computational Fluid Dynamics Laboratory.
