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Can someone suggest good books/textbooks/treatises/etc on elasticity? Thanks.

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Sports illustrated "swimsuit edition" ? – Martin Beckett Aug 6 '11 at 2:51
Do you have a specific interest? Phase transitions, studying elastic behavior, etc? – Jen Sep 18 '11 at 20:26

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You could try chapters 10 and 11 of Thorne and Blandford, online here: http://www.pma.caltech.edu/Courses/ph136/yr2008/

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For me the best is "Landau, Lifschitz: Vol. 7"...

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Was dubbed by a researcher of the topic the other day as "the bible for elasticity" – GuySoft May 31 at 12:57

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