Stephen C. Cowin is Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering at The City College of The City University of New York

• Introduction.- Mechanical Modeling of Materials.- Basic Continuum Kinetmatics.- Continuum Formulations of Conservation Laws.- Formulation of Constitutive Equations.- Modeling Material Symmetry.- Four Linear Continuum Theories.- Modelling Material Microstructure.- Poroelasticity.- Mixture Theory.- Kinematics and Mechanics of Large Deformations.- Plasticity Theory.- Appendix.-

Stephen C. Cowin is Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering at The City College of The City University of New York

• Introduction.- Mechanical Modeling of Materials.- Basic Continuum Kinetmatics.- Continuum Formulations of Conservation Laws.- Formulation of Constitutive Equations.- Modeling Material Symmetry.- Four Linear Continuum Theories.- Modelling Material Microstructure.- Poroelasticity.- Mixture Theory.- Kinematics and Mechanics of Large Deformations.- Plasticity Theory.- Appendix.-

Stephen C. Cowin is Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering at The City College of The City University of New York

• Introduction.- Mechanical Modeling of Materials.- Basic Continuum Kinetmatics.- Continuum Formulations of Conservation Laws.- Formulation of Constitutive Equations.- Modeling Material Symmetry.- Four Linear Continuum Theories.- Modelling Material Microstructure.- Poroelasticity.- Mixture Theory.- Kinematics and Mechanics of Large Deformations.- Plasticity Theory.- Appendix.-