Table of Contents

1 Basic equations of elasticity.- 2 Point forces and systems of point forces in the three-dimensional space and half-space.- 3 Selected two-dimensional problems.- 4 Three-dimensional crack problems for the isotropic or transversely isotropic infinite solid.- 5 A crack in an infinite isotropic two-dimensional solid.- 6 A crack in an infinite anisotropic two-dimensional solid.- 7 Thermoelasticity.- 8 Contact problems.- 9 Eshelby’s problem and related results.- 10 Elastic space containing a rigid ellipsoidal inclusion subjected to translation and rotation.- 11 Basic stress intensity factors (SIFs) and stress concentrations (2-D configurations).- Appendix A: Curvilinear coordinate systems.- Appendix B: Differential operators in curvilinear coordinate systems.- References.