Introduction to Continuum Mechanics for Engineers

Nik Abdullah Nik Mohamed is a professor in Mechanical Engineering at the faculty of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering Technology, University of Malaysia Pahang. Nik Abdullah graduated with Bachelor of Engineering degree from the University of Applied Science Munich, Germany, in 1979 and received both his Master degree (Diplom-Ingenieur) and Ph.D. (Dr.-Ing) in 1983 and 1991 from the Technical University of Berlin, where he was appointed as a research and teaching associate by the university from 1985 to 1992. In Malaysia, he began his lectureship career at the National University of Malaysia (UKM) in 1992 and continued his academic service in the year 2013 at the University of Malaysia Pahang (UMP). Prof. Nik Abdullah’s research focuses on the application of continuum mechanics in describing the mechanical and thermodynamic properties of materials and in particular of smart materials, auxetic materials and bulk metallic glasses. In addition, he also actively involvedin research and teaching in the area of mechanical vibration and reliability engineering. He has published over 100 research papers, three chapters and two research books.

• Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Kinematics.- Chapter 3. Stress.- Chapter 4. Constitutive Relations.- Chapter 5. Balance Principles in Continuum Mechanics.- Chapter 6. Solutions to the Problems.