Introduzione alla Teoria della elasticità : Meccanica dei solidi continui in regime lineare elastico = Introduction to the theory of elasticity : Mechanics of continuous solids in linear elastic regime

Introduces the student to the theory of elasticity through the choice of a selected number of topics of paradigmatic conceptual importance and through the performance of numerous exercises and in-depth problems. The topics range from the formal properties of stress and strain tensors, to the theory of linear elastic continuum, to the thermodynamics of deformations, to the propagation of elastic waves, to the theory of brittle fracture in a linear elastic regime.