I Introductory. - 1 Material constitution of rocks. - 2 Mechanical state. - 3 Change in mechanical state. - 4 Mechanical significance of structure. - II Forces in Rocks. - 5 Classes of forces. - 6 Stress on a plane. - 7 The stress ellipsoid I. - 8 The stress ellipsoid II. - 9 Mohr circle for stress. - 10 Tensor components of stress. - 11 Cauchy's formula transformation of tensor components. - 12 Stress fields. - 13 Stress history. - III Deformation of Rocks. - 14 Distortion and deformation measures of distortion. - 15 The strain ellipsoid. - 16 Mohr circle for infinitesimal strain. - 17 Mohr circle for finite strain. - 18 Displacement and deformation gradients. - 19 Tensor components of infinitesimal strain I. - 20 Tensor components of infinitesimal strain II. - 21 Tensor components of finite strain I. - 22 Tensor components of finite strain II. - 23 Strain fields. - 24 Strain history. - IV Topics Involving Forces and Deformation. - 25 Hookean behavior. - 26 Newtonian behavior. - 27 Energy consumed in deformation. Language: English