Prefaces to the English editions Notation I.FUNDAMENTAL EOUATIONS §1.The strain tensor §2.The stress tensor §3.The thermodynamics of deformation §4.Hooke's law §5.Homogeneous deformations §6.Deformations with change of temperature §7.The equations of equilibrium for isotropic bodies §8.Equilibrium of an elastic medium bounded by a plane §9.Solid bodies in contact §10.The elastic properties of crystals II.THE EQUILIBRIUM OF RODS AND PLATES §11.The energy of a bent plate §12.The equation of equilibrium for a plate §13.Longitudinal deformations of plates §14.Large deflecti ns of plates §15.Deformations of shells §16.Torsion of rods §17.Bending of rods §18.The energy of a deformed rod §19.The equations of equilibrium of rods §20.Small deflections of rods §21.The stability of elastic systems III.ELASTIC WAVES §22.Elastic waves in an isotropic medium §23.Elastic waves in crystals §24.Surface waves §25.Vibration of rods and plates §26.Anharmonic vibrations IV.DISLOCATIONS §27.Elastic deformations in the presence of a dislocation §28.The action of a stress field on a dislocation §29.A continuous distribution of dislocations §30.Distribution of interacting dislocations §31.Equilibrium of a crack in an elastic medium V.THERMAL CONDUCTION AND VISCOSITY IN SOLIDS §32.The equation of thermal conduction in solids §33.Thermal conduction in crystals §34.Viscosity of solids §35.The absorption of sound in solids §36.Highly viscous fluids VI.MECHANICS OF LIQUID CRYSTALS §37.Static deformations of nematics §38.Straight disclinations in nematics §39.Non-singular axially sym metrical solution of the equilibrium equations for a nematic §40.Topological properties of disclinations §41.Equations of motion of nematics §42.Dissipative coefficients of nematics
§43.Propagation of small oscillations in nematics §44.Mechanics of cholesterics §45.Elastic properties of smectics §46.Dislocations in smectics §47.Equations of motion of smectics §48.Sound in smectics Index