Introduction to tensors – introduction to theory of elasticity – strain and stress descriptions – stress-strain relations – thermal stresses – plane stress and plane strain – stress functions – torsion of solid sections – virtual work-energy methods – fracture mechanics – introduction of dynamics of structures.

• Sadd, M. H., Elasticity: Theory, Applications, and Numerics , 3 rd ed., Academic Press (2014)

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