Micromechanics of defects in solids

This book sterns from a course on Micromechanics that I started about fifteen years ago at Northwestern University. At that time, micro­ mechanics was a rather unfamiliar subject. Although I repeated the course every year, I was ne ver convinced that my notes have quite developed into a final manuscript because new topics emerged con­ stantly requiring revisions, and additions. I finally came to r...