Foundations of Solid Mechanics (International Series in Dynamics)

The only text available which embraces the entire field of solid mechanics, including elasticity, viscoelasticity, plasticity, thermodynamics, thermoelasticity, and wave propagation.

This book provides a very practical orientation for the beginning student, laying the foundation for studies in fluid and solid mechanics, material sciences, and other branches of science and engineering. It treats thoroughly the basic concepts of stress and strain, and the derivation of field equations.

This book emphasizes both the physical and the mathematical approaches. Examples and problems are included from the fields of engineering, physics, chemistry, and biology. Some problems are questions of synthesis which employ analysis as tools.