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Figure 1: The position vector x and the velocity vector v of a material point, the body force fdV acting on an element dV of volume, and the surface force TdS acting on an element dS of surface in a Cartesian coordinate system 1, 2, 3 (see text).

Figure 2: The nine components of a stress tensor. The first index denotes the direction of the normal, or perpendicular, stresses to the plane across which the contact force acts, and the second index denotes the direction of the component of force (see text).

Figure 3: The force TdS acting on an arbitrarily inclined face (whose outward unit normal vector is n). Stress vectors T(−1), T(−2), and T(−3) act on the faces perpendicular to the coordinate axes.

Figure 4: Principal stresses (see text).

Figure 5: (A) Extensional strain and (B) simple shear strain, where the element drawn with dashed lines represents the reference configuration, and the element drawn with solid lines represents the deformed configuration.

Figure 6: Relations of strains to gradients of displacement (see text).

Figure 7: Transverse motion of an initially straight beam, shown at left as an elastic line and at right as a solid of finite section (see text).

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Figure 1: The position vector x and the velocity vector v of a material point, the body force fdV acting on an element dV of volume, and the surface force TdS acting on an element dS of surface in a Cartesian coordinate system 1, 2, 3 (see text).

Figure 1: The position vector x and the velocity vector...

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Figure 2: The nine components of a stress tensor. The first index denotes the direction of the normal, or perpendicular, stresses to the plane across which the contact force acts, and the second index denotes the direction of the component of force (see text).

Figure 2: The nine components of a stress tensor. The first index denotes...

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Figure 3: The force TdS acting on an arbitrarily inclined face (whose outward unit normal vector is n). Stress vectors T(−1), T(−2), and T(−3) act on the faces perpendicular to the coordinate axes.

Figure 3: The force TdS acting on an arbitrarily...

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Figure 4: Principal stresses (see text).

Figure 4: Principal stresses (see text).

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Figure 5: (A) Extensional strain and (B) simple shear strain, where the element drawn with dashed lines represents the reference configuration, and the element drawn with solid lines represents the deformed configuration.

Figure 5: (A) Extensional strain and (B) simple shear strain, where the element drawn...

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Figure 6: Relations of strains to gradients of displacement (see text).

Figure 6: Relations of strains to gradients of displacement (see text).

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Figure 7: Transverse motion of an initially straight beam, shown at left as an elastic line and at right as a solid of finite section (see text).

Figure 7: Transverse motion of an initially straight beam, shown at left as an elastic...

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