CAAM 436 Reading List

• William W. Symes, CAAM 436 Notes (PDF). [This is the main reference for this course.]
• Gurtin, Morton E. An introduction to continuum mechanics, Academic Press, 1981. [This is the main background reference for Chapters 1 - 8.]
• Achenbach, Jan. Wave propagation in elastic solids, North Holland, 1973. [A standard text on linear elastodynamics.]
• Courant, Richard and Friedrichs, Kurt Otto. Supersonic flow and shock waves, Springer Verlag, 1948. [Classic fluid dynamics source.]
• Von Mises, Richard and Friedrichs, Kurt Otto. Fluid dynamics, Springer Verlag, 1971. [Another classic.]
• Middleton, G. and Wilcock, P., Mechanics in Earth and Environmental Sciences, Cambridge University Press, 1994. [Good general reference on porous flow with lots of physical insight.]
• Ewing, R., Problems arising in the modeling of processes for hydrocarbon recovery, in The Mathematics of Reservoir Simulation, ed. R. Ewing, SIAM, 1983. [Excellent concise summary of standard porous flow modeling assumptions. Chief backup reference for porous flow chapter.]

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