Relationship To Continuum Mechanics
As shown in the following table, solid mechanics inhabits a central place within continuum mechanics. The field of rheology presents an overlap between solid and fluid mechanics.
| Continuum mechanics |
Solid mechanics |
Elasticity |
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| Plasticity |
Rheology |
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| Fluid mechanics |
Non-Newtonian fluids do not undergo strain rates proportional to the applied shear stress. | ||
| Newtonian fluids undergo strain rates proportional to the applied shear stress. | |||
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