On the Foundations of Relativistic Continuum Mechanics.

Dominic G. B. Edelen

ResearchPublished 1962

An attempt to provide a rational basis for the study of material bodies in the four-dimensional arena of relativity theory. The Einstein theory of general relativity is shown to yield a general mechanics of continuous media under appropriate restrictions of the momentum-energy tensor. Physical interpretations of the governing equations are derived, and constitutive relations are developed for general and isotropic materials.

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Edelen, Dominic G. B., On the Foundations of Relativistic Continuum Mechanics. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1962. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_memoranda/RM3392.html.
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