Preface
This book is a simplified version of the author’s book, An Introduction to Continuum
Mechanics with Applications, published by Cambridge University Press
(New York, 2008), intended for use as an undergraduate textbook. As most modern
technologies are no longer discipline-specific but involve multidisciplinary
approaches, undergraduate engineering students should be educated to think and
work in such environments. Therefore, it is necessary to introduce the subject of
principles of mechanics (i.e., laws of physics applied to science and engineering
systems) to undergraduate students so that they have a strong background
in the basic principles common to all disciplines and are able to work at the
interface of science and engineering disciplines. A first course on principles of
mechanics provides an introduction to the basic concepts of stress and strain
and conservation principles and prepares engineers and scientists for advanced
courses in traditional as well as emerging fields such as biotechnology, nanotechnology,
energy systems, and computational mechanics. Undergraduate students
with such a background may seek advanced degrees in traditional (e.g., aerospace,
civil, electrical or mechanical engineering; physics; applied mathematics) as well
as interdisciplinary (e.g., bioengineering, engineering physics, nanoscience and
engineering, biomolecular engineering) degree programs.
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