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