Continuum Mechanics
by Zdenek Martinec
Publisher: Charles University in Prague 2011
Number of pages: 179
Description:
This text is suitable for a two-semester course on Continuum Mechanics. It is based on notes from undergraduate courses. The material is intended for use by undergraduate students of physics with a year or more of college calculus behind them.
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