Preface to the English Edition
Preface to the Chinese Edition
6 Thermoelasticity
6.1 Introduction
6.2 The Conservation Law of Energy and the Entropy Inequality
6.3 Constitutive Relations in Thermoelasticity
6.4 System of Thermoelastodynamics and Its Mathematical Structure
6.5 Propagation of Acceleration Waves
Exercises
Bibliography
7 Viscoelasticity
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Constitutive Equations of Viscoelastic Materials and the Dissipation Inequality
7.3 System of Viscoelastodynamics and Its Well-Posed Problems
7.4 Singularity of the Kernel and the Propagation of Linear Waves Preface to the English Edition
Preface to the Chinese Edition
6  Thermoelasticity
  6.1  Introduction
  6.2  The Conservation Law of Energy and the Entropy Inequality
  6.3  Constitutive Relations in Thermoelasticity
  6.4  System of Thermoelastodynamics and Its Mathematical Structure 
  6.5  Propagation of Acceleration Waves
  Exercises
  Bibliography
7  Viscoelasticity
  7.1  Introduction
  7.2  Constitutive Equations of Viscoelastic Materials and the Dissipation Inequality
  7.3  System of Viscoelastodynamics and Its Well-Posed Problems
  7.4  Singularity of the Kernel and the Propagation of Linear Waves
  7.5  Propagation of Acceleration Waves
  Exercises
  Bibliography
8  Kinetic Theory of Gases
  8.1  Introduction
  8.2  Boltzmann Equation
  8.3  Equilibrium State of Dilute Gases
  8.4  Conservation Laws
  8.5  Zero-Order Approximation
  8.6  First-Order Approximation
  8.7  Vlasov Equation and Related Coupled Systems
  Exercises
  Bibliography
9  Special Relativity and Relativistic Fluid Dynamics
  9.1  Introduction
  9.2  Fundamental Principles in Special Relativity; the Lorentz Transformation
  9.3  Space-Time Theory in Special Relativity
  9.4  Relativistic Dynamics
  9.5  Relativistic Fluid Dynamics
  9.6  Mathematical Structure of the System of Relativistic Fluid Dynamics
  9.7  System of Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamics
  Exercises
  Bibliography
10  Quantum Mechanics
  10.1  Establishment of Quantum Mechanics
  10.2  Schrtidinger Equation and Wave Function
  10.3  Introduction to the Fundamental Principles of Quantum Mechanics .
  10.4  Relativistic Quantum Mechanics and the Dirac Equation
  Exercises
  Bibliography
Appendix C  Tensors in Minkowski Four-Space-Time
  C.1  Minkowski Four-Space-Time and the Lorentz Transformation
  C.2  Tensors in Minkowski Four-Space-Time
  C.3  Operations of Tensors
  C.4  Covariant Derivatives of Tensors
Index