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INTRODUCTION TO TENSOR CALCULUS and CONTINUUM MECHANICS

John H. Heinbockel

 

Very clear treatment on tensors and vector calculus, also free online!

http://www.math.odu.edu/~jhh/counter2.html

 

Amazon Review

 

Chapters:

PART 1: INTRODUCTION TO TENSOR CALCULUS

x1.1 INDEX NOTATIONx1.2 TENSOR CONCEPTS AND TRANSFORMATIONS x1.3 SPECIAL TENSORS 

x1.4 DERIVATIVE OF A TENSOR

x1.5 DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY AND RELATIVITY

PART 2: INTRODUCTION TO CONTINUUM MECHANICS

x2.1 TENSOR NOTATION FOR VECTOR QUANTITIES

x2.2 DYNAMICS

x2.3 BASIC EQUATIONS OF CONTINUUM MECHANICS

x2.4 CONTINUUM MECHANICS (SOLIDS)

x2.5 CONTINUUM MECHANICS (FLUIDS)

x2.6 ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS

  

It doesn’t’ carry the depth that the class does, but all the building blocks are very clearly stated and it shows the connections between fields very clearly.

 

Did I mention that its online and free?