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Matrix and Tensor Calculus: With Applications to Mechanics, Elasticity and Aeronautics
by Aristotle D. Michal

ISBN: 0486462463
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This volume offers a working knowledge of the fundamentals of matrix and tensor calculus that can be applied to a variety of fields, particularly scientific aeronautical engineering. Mathematicians, physicists, and meteorologists as well as engineers will benefit from its skillful combination of mathematical statements and immediate practical applications. 1947 edition.
Reprint of the John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1947 edition.

Table of Contents for Matrix and Tensor Calculus: With Applications to Mechanics, Elasticity and Aeronautics
Part I. Matrix Calculus and its Applications
1.-2. Algebraic Preliminaries
3.-4. Differential and Integral Calculus of Matrices
5.-6. Matrix Methods in Problems of Small Oscillations
7. Matrix Methods in the Mathematical Theory of Aircraft Flutter
8. Matrix Methods in Elastic Deformation Theory
Part II. Tensor Calculus and its Applications
9. Space Line Element in Curvilinear Coordinates
10. Vector Fields, Tensor Fields, and Euclidean Christoffel Symbols
11. Tensor Analysis
12. Laplace Equation, Wave Equation, and Poisson Equation in Curvilinear Coordinates
13. Some Elementary Applications of the Tensor Calculus to Hydrodynamics
14. Applications of the Tensor Calculus to Elasticity Theory
15. Homogeneous and Isotropic Strains, Strain Invariants, and Variation of Strain Tensor
16. Stress Tensor, Elastic Potential, and Stress-Strain Relations
17. Tensor Calculus in Riemannian Spaces and the Fundamentals of Classical Mechanics
18. Applications of the Tensor Calculus to Boundary-Layer Theory
Notes on Part I
Notes on Part II
References for Part I
References for Part II
Index

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