The second edition updates the recent developments in classical and computational solid mechanics. The book's structure is also updated to include five new areas: fundamental principles of Thermodynamics and coupled thermoelastic constitutive equations at large deformations, functional Thermodynamics and thermoviscoelasticity, Thermodynamics with internal state variables and Thermo- elasto-viscoplasticity, electro-thermal- viscoelasticity/viscoplasticity, and meshless method. These new topics are added as self contain Ed sections or chapters. Many books in the market do not cover these topics. This invaluable book has been written for Engineers and engineering scientists in a readable, precise, concise, and practical style. It prioritises the formulation of problems, presenting the classical results as the gold standard, and the Numerical approach as a tool for obtaining solutions.

This book has been written for engineers and engineering scientists in a readable, precise, concise, and practical style. It prioritises the formulation of problems, presenting the classical results as the gold standard, and the numerical approach as a tool for obtaining solutions. The classical part is a revision of the well-known text Foundations of Solid Mechanics, with a much-expanded discussion on the theories of plasticity and sizeable elastic deformation with finite strains. The computational part is all new and aims to solve many major linear and nonlinear boundary-value problems.