• RecordNumber
    92673
  • Author

    Oden, John Tinsley, 1936-

  • Title

    An Introduction to mathematical modeling : a course in mechanics

  • Author Statement
    J. Tinsley Oden.
  • Publication
    Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley
  • Publication Year
    c2011
  • Collation
    xiv, 334 p. ; 24 cm
  • Series
    Wiley series in computational mechanics
  • Notes
    Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-323) and index. , Machine generated contents note: Preface.I. Nonlinear Continuum Mechanics.1. Kinematics of Deformable Bodies.2. Mass and Momentum.3. Force and Stress in Deformable Bodies.4. The Principles of Balance of Linear and Angular Momentum.5. The Principle of Conservation of Energy.6. Thermodynamics of Continua and the Second Law.7. Constitutive Equations.8. Examples and Applications.II. Electromagnetic Field Theory and Quantum Mechanics.9. Electromagnetic Waves.10. Introduction to Quantum Mechanics.11. Dynamical Variables and Observables in Quantum Mechanics: The Mathematical Formalism.12. Applications: The Harmonic Oscillator and the Hydrogen Atom.13. Spin and Pauliʹs Principle.14. Atomic and Molecular Structure.15. Ab Initio Methods: Approximate Methods and Density Functional Theory.III. Statistical Mechanics.16. Basic Concepts: Ensembles, Distribution Functions and Averages.17. Statistical Mechanics Basis of Classical Thermodynamics.Exercises.References. .
  • Subject

    Mechanics, Analytic- , Mathematics

  • ADDED ENTRIES
    TI
  • Main Class
    530
  • Cutter no
    O236i