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CONTINUUM MECHANICS [1 record]

Record 1 2016-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Mechanics (Physics)
DEF

the study of matter as a continuous medium without regard to its composition as an aggregate of discrete particles.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanique générale (Physique)
CONT

Continus, mécanique des milieux. Les corps naturels nous apparaissent (...) comme continus dans leur structure, c'est-à-dire occupant sans solution de continuité toute une région de l'espace. Mais nous savons actuellement que les corps naturels sont en réalité de structure discontinue, constitués de molécules, elles-mêmes formées d'atomes, et les atomes d'électrons, de noyaux, etc.

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