Linear Elasticity
An elastic solid is a deformable continuum that recovers its original configuration…
Constitutive Equations
All foregoing axioms, laws, equations are supposed to be valid for all…
Fundamental Laws of Continuum Mechanics
Continuum mechanics is essentially based on fundamental principles having the character of…
Kinetics: Forces and Stresses
In the previous chapter, the geometrical description of deformation and motion of…
Change of Reference Frame
If two observers describe their spaces by position vectors with respect to…


