Introduction.- Basic tensor analysis.- Kinematics.- Balance laws for the purely mechanical theory.- Purely mechanical constitutive equations.- Thermomechanical Theory.- Eigenvalues, Eigenvectors, and Principal Invariants of a Tensor.- Consequences of Continuity.- Lagrange Multipliers.- Stationary Values of Normal And Shear Stresses.- Isotropic Tensors.- An introduction to tensors with respect to curvilinear coordinates.- Summary of tensor operations in specific coordinate systems.
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