This is meant to be a collection of learning tools and resources (mainly internet links) that I have found useful over the years.
- Elasticity Theory: Ready reckoner for continuum mechanics identities in polar coordinates.
- We learn expressions for vector calculus (curl, grad, div) in non-cartesian coordinates in a basic electrodynamics course, but the elasticity theory equations are usually formulated in terms of second rank tensors. This Brown Engineering page lists expressions for the curl, grad & div of tensors as well. The other place to find these is the book of Applied Mechanics by Bower.
- Encycopedia for Embryology/Developmental Biology
- Molecular Dynamics software: LAMMPS
- Topological physics: An online course I follow to develop my understanding of the rapidly developing applications of topology results to characterize physical systems traditionally studied within condensed matter physics.
- Mechanobiology: An excellent resource/wiki on topics related to the cellular cytoskeleton and extracellular matrix.
- Numerical PDE solving software: for the cases where Mathematica NDSolve is inadequate;