Variational Principles of Continuum Mechanics I. Fundamentals - Berdichevsky, Victor; SpringerLink (Online service) (Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2009)
Fundamentals -- Variational Principles -- Thermodynamics -- Continuum Mechanics -- Principle of Least Action in Continuum Mechanics -- Direct Methods of Calculus of Variations -- Variational features of classical continuum models -- Statics of a Geometrically Linear Elastic Body -- Statics of a Geometrically Nonlinear Elastic Body -- Dynamics of Elastic Bodies -- Ideal Incompressible Fluid -- Ideal Compressible Fluid -- Steady Motion of Ideal Fluid and Elastic Body -- Principle of Least Dissipation -- Motion of Rigid Bodies in Fluids.
Keywords: Mechanics; Mechanics, Applied; Applied mathematics; Engineering mathematics; Mechanical engineering; Fluids; Solid Mechanics; Mathematical and Computational Engineering; Applications of Mathematics; Classical Mechanics; Mechanical Engineering; Fluid- and Aerodynamics