Bøger af G. M. L. Gladwell

A body which is modelled as a continuous system will be governed by a partial differential equation in time and one or more spatial variables. In general, if some such spectral data is given, there can be no system, a unique system, or many systems, having these properties.

This book describes the matrix formulation of the equations of motion and techniques for the solution of matrix equations. The book describes some typical computer methods and also includes a large number of problems (with solutions) which may conveniently be solved by using a desk calculating machine.

This book started its life as a series of lectures given by the second author from the 1970's onwards to students in their third and fourth years in the Department of Mechanics and Mathematics at Rostov State University.