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Small-strain tensor
The small strains, or infinitesimal strains, εij are appropriate for situations with…
Geometry of deformation
Strain and strain-displacement relations The shape of a solid or structure changes…
Linear and angular momentum principles: stress and equations of motion
Let x denote the position vector of a point in space as…
Stress concentrations and fracture
In 1898 G. Kirsch derived the solution for the stress distribution around…
The general theory of elasticity
Linear elasticity as a general three-dimensional theory began to be developed in…
Beams, columns, plates, and shells
The 1700s and early 1800s were a productive period during which the…
