Introduction to Relativistic Continuum Mechanics
Publication year: 2008
: 978-3-540-73168-9
This mathematically-oriented introduction takes the point of view that students should become familiar, at an early stage, with the physics of relativistic continua and thermodynamics within the framework of special relativity. Therefore, in addition to standard textbook topics such as relativistic kinematics and vacuum electrodynamics, the reader will be thoroughly introduced to relativistic continuum and fluid mechanics. Emphasis in the presentation is on the 3+1 splitting technique, widely used in general relativity for introducing the relative observers point of view.
: Physics and Astronomy, EFE, Relativity, Special relativity, fluid mechanics, general relativity, relativistic fluid mechanics, relativistic mechanics, relativistic thermodynamics, spacetime splitting techniques, Classical Mechanics, Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory, Differential Geometry, Solid Mechanics, Classical and Continuum Physics, Mathematical Methods in Physics
