One-dimensional Introduction To Continuum Mechanics, A by Ton... - 9789810219130

One-dimensional Introduction To Continuum Mechanics, AAuthor(s): Tony A J Roberts\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, Singapore\nImprint: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd\nISBN-13: 9789810219130, 978-9810219130\nSynopsis\nMany textbooks on continuum mechanics plunge students in at the deep end of three-dimensional analysis and applications. However a striking number of commonplace models of our physical environment are based entirely within the dynamics of a one-dimensional continuum. This introductory text therefore approaches the subject entirely within such a one-dimensional [url] principles of the mathematical modeling of one-dimensional media constitute the book's backbone. These concepts are elucidated with a diverse selection of applications, ranging from tidal dynamics and dispersion in channels to beam bending, algal blooms, blood flow, and the greenhouse [url] book is ideally suited to elementary undergraduate courses as it makes no u.