本书主要讨论材料在各种条件下的变形与断裂，内容翔实丰富，将宏观力学性能与微观组织结构变化有机结合，特别是对高分子，陶瓷和复合材料的力学性能作了较多的补充，并与金属材料有对比，全书每章之后均有小结和大量习题，习题难易搭配，便于教学。

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影印前言
1 Overview of Mechanical Behavior
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Elastic Deformation
1.3 Permanent Derormation
1.4 Fracture
1.5 Summary
2 Elastic Behavior
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Range of Elastic Moduli
2.3 Additional Elastic Properties
2.4 Basis for Linear Elasticity
2.5 Anisotropic Lineat Elasticity
2.6 Rubber Elasticity
2.7 Polymer Elasticity and Viscoelasticity
2.8 Mechanical Damping
2.9 Summary
3 Dislocations
3.1 Introduction
3.2 The Yield Srtength of a perfect Crystal
3.3 The Edge Dislocation
3.4 Screw and Mised Dislocations
3.5 Twinning
3.6 Properties Of Dislocations
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4 Plastic Deformation in Single and Polycry stalline Materials
5 Strengthening of Crystalline Materisls
6 Composite Materials
7 High Temperature Deformation Of Crystalline Materials
8 Deformation of Noncrystalline Materials
9 Fracture Mechanics
10 Thoughening Mechanisms and the Physics Of fracture
11 High -Temperature fracture
12 Fatigue of engineering Materials
13 Embrittlement