Preface
This text is an outgrowth of lecture notes that I have used in teaching a two-course sequence in theory of elasticity. Part I of the text is designed primarily for the first course, normally taken by beginning graduate students from a variety of engineering disciplines. The purpose of the first course is to introduce students to theory and formulation and to present solutions to some basic problems. In this fashion students see how and why the more fundamental elasticity model of deformation should replace elementary strength of materials analysis. The first course also provides the foundation for more advanced study in related areas of solid mechanics. More advanced material included in Part II has normally been used for a second course ...
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