TY - BOOK AU - Bobbio,Scipione TI - Electrodynamics of materials: forces, stresses, and energies in solids and fluids T2 - Electromagnetism SN - 0121082601 (acidfree paper) AV - QC631 .B58 2000 U1 - 537.6 21 PY - 2000///] CY - San Diego PB - Academic Press KW - Electrodynamics KW - Electromagnetism N1 - engineering bookfair2015; Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-359) and index; Notes on Continuum Mechanics and Classical Thermodynamics -- Kinematics of continuous media -- The strain tensor -- The stress tensor -- The Representative space: quasi-static and reversible transformations -- The thermodynamic potentials -- The two fundamental laws of thermodynamics and the irreversible processes -- The link between continuum mechanics and thermodynamics in gases -- Notes of classical thermodynamics of solid bodies -- Thermodynamics inequalities: maximum and minimum principles -- The fundamental problem of elasticity theory -- Electrostatic Interactions among Charges and Dipoles in Free Space -- Electrostatic long-range interactions among point charges in free space -- Continuous distributions of charges in free space: the standard approach -- Continuous distributions of charges in free space: the average values approach -- Electrostatic interactions among point dipoles in free space -- Continuous distributions of dipoles in free space: the standard approach -- Electrostatic forces on continuous distributions of dipoles: the standard approach -- The average values for the continuous distributions of dipoles -- The energy of the electrostatic field -- The position energy -- The evaluation of forces via field energy -- The evaluation of the resultant forces via Maxwell's stress tensor -- Electrostatic Interactions in the Presence of Conducting Bodies in Free Space -- Forces on conducting bodies in free space: the definition of an electric-field in matter UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/els033/99065059.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/els033/99065059.html ER -