This book is intended for use by engineers and scientists who have
a need for an introduction to advanced topics in solid mechanics.
It deals with modern concepts of continuum mechanics as well as
with details of the classical theories of elasticity, thermal
elasticity, viscous elasticity, and plasticity of solids. The book
assumes no prior knowledge of the mechanics of solids and develops
the subject entirely from first principles. Rigorous derivations of
governing equations are also followed by applications to a number
of basic and practical problems. Cartesian tensors are used
throughout the book to express mathematical concepts in a clear and
concise fashion. Chapter I, accordingly, provides a discussion of
this topic for those readers not already familiar with it. This
material is then followed by detailed discussions in Chapters 2 and
3 of the kinematics of continuum motion and the fundamental
principles of mass conservation and momentum balance. Unlike
traditional treatments, this material is first developed for the
general large-deformation case and only then restricted to small
deformations for use in the usual engineering appli cations. In
this way the reader thus gets a fuller picture of the basic
governing relations of solid mechanics."
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