Mécanique des milieux continus

English translation: Continuum mechanics

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French term or phrase:Mécanique des milieux continus
English translation:Continuum mechanics
Entered by: Thomas Ochiltree

00:32 Nov 9, 2014
French to English translations [PRO]
Science - Geology / University course on transcript
French term or phrase: Mécanique des milieux continus
The term appears as a course taken in a university transcript of grades from the Ecole et Observatoire des Sciences de la Terre of the Université Louis Pasteur Strasbourg. A google search turns up many articles describing the subject, but none giving the corresponding ENGLISH terms for a subject so technical that I do not want to simply do a word-for-word translation.
Thomas Ochiltree
Local time: 17:03
Continuum mechanics
Explanation:
See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuum_mechanics

Compare with:
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mécanique_des_milieux_continus

Another answer, "Mechanics of Continuous Media" is perfectly valid as well. However, "continuum mechanics" yields over ten times as many results on Google. You can find bit.ly links to these two google serches below:

http://bit.ly/116zni6
http://bit.ly/1ErKBvE
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Duncan Moncrieff
France
Local time: 22:03
Grading comment
Thanks to you and the other answerer and commentators. The greater number of Google hits decided me for this answer
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +2Continuum mechanics
Duncan Moncrieff
3 +1Mechanics of Continuous Media
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Mechanics of Continuous Media


Explanation:
It is the name of the University course in physics, see.e.g.:

Landau, L.D., Lifshitz, E.M.: Mechanics of Continuous Media

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Note added at 16 mins (2014-11-09 00:48:17 GMT)
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E.g., Jürgen Ehlers, "Contributions to the Relativistic Mechanics of Continuous Media"



serge_shp
Local time: 22:03
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Daryo
5 hrs
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Continuum mechanics


Explanation:
See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuum_mechanics

Compare with:
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mécanique_des_milieux_continus

Another answer, "Mechanics of Continuous Media" is perfectly valid as well. However, "continuum mechanics" yields over ten times as many results on Google. You can find bit.ly links to these two google serches below:

http://bit.ly/116zni6
http://bit.ly/1ErKBvE

Duncan Moncrieff
France
Local time: 22:03
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks to you and the other answerer and commentators. The greater number of Google hits decided me for this answer

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Chakib Roula
4 hrs
  -> Thanks Roula

agree  Tony M: And I also like the fact that its format mirrors 'fluid mechanics', for example
8 hrs
  -> Thanks Tony. In any case today is a very fluid day here.
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