Physics Of Continuous Matter: Exotic And Everyday Phenomena In The Macroscopic World

Assuming only a basic knowledge of Newtonian mechanics, this textbook provides a unified, comprehensive, and coherent introduction to continuum mechanics from a modern perspective. It presents discussions of such topics as local thermodynamic equilibrium, existing models of turbulence, basic magnetohydrodrnamics, tsunamis, and explosions.

• | By (Author): B. (The Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark) Lautrup
• | Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
• | Publication Date: Mar 22, 2011
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 696 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-10: 1420077007
• | ISBN-13: 9781420077001