approximately 700 pages : 420 illustrations, 35 table
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Practice-oriented.
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Volume I: Fundamentals and Elasticity. A. Overview. Introduction. Constitutive Behaviour. B. Basics. Mathematical Preliminaries. Kinematics. Kinetics. Thermodynamics. C, Q and S Mechanics. Structure and Bonding. C. Elasticity. Continuum Elasticity. Elasticity of Structures. Molecular Basis of Elasticity. Microstructural Aspects of Elasticity. Appendix A: Units, Physical Constants and Conversion Factors. Appendix B: Properties of Structural Materials. Appendix C: Properties of Plane Areas. Volume II: Plasticity and Fracture. D. Plasticity. Continuum Plasticity. Applications of Plasticity Theory. Dislocations. Dislocations and Plasticity. Mechanisms in Polymers Continuum Visco-elasticity Applications of Visco-elasticity Theory Structural Aspects of Visco-elasticity E. Fracture. Continuum Fracture. Applications of Fracture Theory. Structural Aspects of Fracture. Fatigue. Perspective and Outlook. Appendix D: Statistics. Appendix E: Contact Mechanics.