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    continuum mechanics, wave action refers to a conservable measure of the wave part of a motion. For small-amplitude and slowly varying waves, the wave...
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  • Solid mechanics (also known as mechanics of solids) is the branch of continuum mechanics that studies the behavior of solid materials, especially their...
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    part on earlier 19th-century ideas. The development in the modern continuum mechanics, particularly in the areas of elasticity, plasticity, fluid dynamics...
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  • both experimental and theoretical understanding of fluid mechanics and continuum mechanics. This timeline includes developments in: Theoretical models...
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  • Analytic tools of mechanics grew through the next two centuries, including the development of Hamiltonian mechanics and the action principles, concepts...
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    Theory of tides (category Continuum mechanics)
    The theory of tides is the application of continuum mechanics to interpret and predict the tidal deformations of planetary and satellite bodies and their...
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  • Non-Newtonian fluid (category Continuum mechanics)
    tensor-valued constitutive equations, which are common in the field of continuum mechanics. For non-Newtonian fluid's viscosity, there are pseudoplastic, plastic...
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  • a beginning state of rest or of motion, subjected to the action of forces. Applied mechanics bridges the gap between physical theory and its application...
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  • account. Classical field equations arise in continuum mechanics (including elastodynamics and fluid mechanics), heat transfer, electromagnetism, and gravitation...
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    classical mechanics, such as: statics, dynamics, kinematics, continuum mechanics (which includes fluid mechanics), statistical mechanics, etc. Mechanics: A branch...
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    interference of wave functions. In 1948, Feynman discovered the path integral formulation extending the principle of least action to quantum mechanics for electrons...
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  • Vorticity (category Continuum mechanics)
    In continuum mechanics, vorticity is a pseudovector (or axial vector) field that describes the local spinning motion of a continuum near some point (the...
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    interpretation of quantum mechanics that asserts that the universal wavefunction is objectively real, and that there is no wave function collapse. This...
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  • equations in chaos theory n-body problem in celestial mechanics Wave action in continuum mechanics Bloch equations Continuity equation for conservation...
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    space-time continuum, is a mathematical model that fuses the three dimensions of space and the one dimension of time into a single four-dimensional continuum. Spacetime...
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  • See below for mathematical details about Hermitian operators. In the wave mechanics formulation of QM, the wavefunction varies with space and time, or equivalently...
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    Capillary action (sometimes called capillarity, capillary motion, capillary rise, capillary effect, or wicking) is the process of a liquid flowing in a...
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    Hamiltonian mechanics is a reformulation of Lagrangian mechanics that emerged in 1833. Introduced by Sir William Rowan Hamilton, Hamiltonian mechanics replaces...
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    gravity at the level of classical field theory. Moreover, it gives quantum mechanics as a limiting case and has revealed close connections to quantum field...
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  • Rheometry (category Continuum mechanics)
    and strain are proportional. Continuum mechanics Dynamic shear rheometer Electrorheological fluid Ferrofluid Fluid mechanics Magnetorheological fluid Rheology...
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    application: Celestial mechanics, relating to stars, planets and other celestial bodies Continuum mechanics, for materials modelled as a continuum, e.g., solids...
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  • universe, often referred to as "anomalies" Anomaly, a rift in the space-time continuum in the television series Futurama Anomaly, any shortcut to hyperspace...
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  • Correspondence principle (category Quantum mechanics)
    mathematical model without connection to the principle. Second, Schrodinger's wave mechanics in the following year similarly did not use the principle. Both pictures...
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  • Mooney–Rivlin solid (category Continuum mechanics)
    In continuum mechanics, a Mooney–Rivlin solid is a hyperelastic material model where the strain energy density function W {\displaystyle W\,} is a linear...
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  • analytical mechanics, or theoretical mechanics is a collection of closely related formulations of classical mechanics. Analytical mechanics uses scalar...
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  • Canonical Action, Part Two, Relativistic Canonical Theory of Electromagnetics, Chapter VI Komkov, Vadim (1986) Variational principles of continuum mechanics with...
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  • the more general nonlinear theory of elasticity and a branch of continuum mechanics. The fundamental assumptions of linear elasticity are infinitesimal...
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    Averaged Lagrangian (category Continuum mechanics)
    modelling of surface gravity waves on fluid interfaces, and in plasma physics. In case a Lagrangian formulation of a continuum mechanics system is available,...
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    obtained results based upon the classical theory of elasticity and continuum mechanics. The most significant flaw of his theory was the neglect of any nature...
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  • Generalized Lagrangian mean (category Continuum mechanics)
    In continuum mechanics, the generalized Lagrangian mean (GLM) is a formalism – developed by D.G. Andrews and M.E. McIntyre (1978a, 1978b) – to unambiguously...
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