Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Mathematical Preliminaries
3. Kinematics of Motion and Deformation Measures
4. Force and Stress
5. General Conservation or Balance Laws
6. Constitutive Relations and Formulation of Classical Linear Theories of Solids and Fluids
7. Constitutive Relations and Formulation of Theories Involving Multiple Constitutive Fields
8. General Constitutive Relations and Formulation of Nonlinear Theories of Solids and Fluids
9. Constitutive Relations and Formulation of Theories Incorporating Material Microstructure

About the Author

Martin H. Sadd is Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Rhode Island. He received his Ph.D. in mechanics from the Illinois Institute of Technology and began his academic career at Mississippi State University. In 1979 he joined the faculty at Rhode Island and served as department chair from 1991 to 2000. Professor Sadd’s teaching background is in the area of solid mechanics with emphasis in elasticity, continuum mechanics, wave propagation, and computational methods. He has taught elasticity at two academic institutions, in several industries, and at a government laboratory. Professor Sadd’s research has been in computational modeling of materials under static and dynamic loading conditions using finite, boundary, and discrete element methods. Much of his work has involved micromechanical modeling of geomaterials including granular soil, rock, and concretes. He has authored more than 75 publications and has given numerous presentations at national and international meetings.