ABSTRACT

This textbook is based on lectures and tutorials given for several years at the Physics Department of Novosibirsk State University. It is constructed as a set of problems followed by detailed solutions and may act as a complementary text for standard courses on the physics of continuous media.

part I|87 pages

Electrodynamics of Continuous Media

part II|104 pages

Fluid Mechanics

chapter Chapter 7|24 pages

Dynamics of Ideal Fluids

chapter Chapter 8|9 pages

The Motion of Viscous Fluids

chapter Chapter 9|17 pages

Convection and Turbulence

chapter Chapter 10|11 pages

Acoustic Waves

chapter Chapter 11|7 pages

Shock Waves

chapter Chapter 12|8 pages

Non-linear Waves in Dispersive Media. Solitons

chapter Chapter 13|12 pages

The Theory of Elasticity

chapter Chapter 14|14 pages

Mechanics of Liquid Crystals