Beschreibung:
earned his doctorate at the Instituto Tecnologico de Aeronautica in 1977. He was full professor at Instituto Tecnologico de Aeronautica and University of Taubate until his retirement. He performed research in the broad fields of mechanics, applied mathematics, and engineering science, and he has published nine books and over 50 articles in journals and magazines and 300 chronicles in Taubate's newspapers. He was awarded the 1966 Esso Prize of Sciences and some commendations in Taubate city, where he was the head of the university during 2000-2002. He currently works as a consultant for reinforced industrial plastics.
Written for graduate students, professors, and researchers in the areas of elasticity and shell theories, this text contains a comprehensive account of tensor calculus (in both holonomic and anholonomic coordinate systems).
Finite-Dimensional Vector Spaces. Vector and Tensor Algebras. Tensor Calculus. Physical and Anholonomic Components of Tensors. Deformation of Continuous Media. Bibliography. Index.