Continuum Mechanics Introduction in 10 Minutes

Continuum mechanics is a powerful tool for describing many physical phenomena and it is the backbone of most computer simulations used in academic or industrial research. This video introduces with many visual animations the idea behind continuum mechanics (or continuum physics), where physical state variables are described by spatio-temporal fields.

This is the first video of a series of videos on continuum mechanics (see playlist: Continuum Mechanics. Stay tuned!

0:00 Introduction
0:24 Classical Mechanics and Continuum Mechanics
1:26 Continuum and Fields
5:57 Solid Mechanics and Fluid Mechanics
7:32 Non-Continuum Mechanics
8:35 Boundary Value Problem

Keywords: continuum mechanics, continuum physics, solid mechanics, fluid mechanics, partial differential equations, boundary value problems, linear elasticity, small strain elasticity, infinitesimal strain elasticity

Music:
Prelude 2 - VGM Mark H SoundCloud: prelude-2
Abandond Station - VGM Mark H SoundCloud: abandoned-station