The derivation and understanding of Partial Differential Equations
relies heavily on the fundamental knowledge of the first years of
scientific education, i.e., higher mathematics, physics, materials
science, applied mechanics, design, and programming skills. Thus, it is
a challenging topic for prospective engineers and scientists.
This volume provides a compact overview on the classical Partial
Differential Equations of structural members in mechanics. It offers a
formal way to uniformly describe these equations. All derivations follow
a common approach: the three fundamental equations of continuum
mechanics, i.e., the kinematics equation, the constitutive equation, and
the equilibrium equation, are combined to construct the partial
differential equations.