本书是弹性理论世界名著和经典教材。作者的宗旨是：把弹性理论中必要的基本知识以简明易懂的方式传授给工程师们。全书叙述由浅入深，物理概念清晰，数学推导力求浅显。书中重视工程应用，汇集了不少实际应用中极为重要的弹性理论典型解例。附有习题供读者练习，还附有大量注释文献引导读者对相关问题作更深入的研究。

本书是弹性理论世界名著和经典教材。全书14章，包括绪论、平面应力和平面应变、直角坐标中的二维问题、极坐标中的二维问题、一般定理、简单的三维弹性问题、扭转、杆的弯曲、回转体中的轴对称应力和变形、热应力、弹性固体介质中波的传播。最后有一附录，讲述差分方程在弹性理论中的应用。书中附有习题供读者练习，还附有大量注释文献引导读者对相关问题作更为深入的研究。

本书可作为高等院校弹性力学课程的英文教科书或教学参考书，也是科研与工程技术人员值得珍藏的世界名著。

Preface to the Third Edition

Preface to the Second Edition

Preface to the First Edition

Notation

Chapter 1 Introduction

1. Elasticity

2. Stress

3. Notation for Forces and Stresses

4. Componts of Stress

5. Components of Strain

6. Hooke's Law

7. Index 's Law problems

Chapter 2 Plane Stress and Plane Strain

Chapter 3 Two dimensional Problems in Rectangular Coordinates

Chapter 4 Two-dimensional Problems in Polar Coordinates

Chapter 5 Photoelastic and Moire Experimental Methods

Chapter 6 Two-dimensional Problems in Curvilinear Coordinates

Chapter 7 Analysis of Stress and Strain in Three Dimensions

Chapter 8 General Theorems

Chapter 9 Elementary Problems of Elasticity in Three Dimensions

Chapter 10 Torsion

Chapter 11 Bending of Bars

Chapter 12 Axisymmetric Stress and Deformation in a Solid of Revolution

Chapter 13 Thermal Stress

Chapter 14 The Propagation of Waves in Elastic Solid Media

Appendix The Application of Finite differience Equations in Elaticity

Name Inedx

Subject Index