Continuum Mechanics¶
Continuum mechanics is a branch of mechanics that deals with the deformation of and transmission of forces through materials modeled as a continuous medium (also called a continuum) rather than as discrete particles.
In the continuum model:
The bodies are deformable rather than rigid.
They fill the entirety of the space they occupy.
The internal composition and the coordinate representation do not matter.
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Contents:
- Acoustic Waves (Continuum Mechanics)
- Elasticity
- Energy (Elasticity)
- Material Properties
- Strain
- Stress (Elasticity)
- Fluid Mechanics
- Hydraulic Press
- Hydrostatics
- Incompressible Flow
- Dynamic pressure from density and flow speed
- Efflux speed via height
- Efflux speed via hydrostatic pressure and density
- Inner pressure is constant
- Inner pressure is sum of pressures
- Pressure difference at pipe ends from dynamic viscosity and flow rate
- Pressure of liquid in vessel moving horizontally
- Pressure of liquid in vessel moving vertically
- Volume flux is constant
- Similarity Parameters
- Supersonic Flow
- Surface Effects
- Transport Properties