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Probably some 99 % of all structural analyses are based on the assumption of kinematic linearity. Therefore, we shall study this special case in much detail, but caution that you must understand the limitations of the linear theories in order to use them judiciously.
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Byskov, E. (2013). Infinitesimal Theory. In: Elementary Continuum Mechanics for Everyone. Solid Mechanics and Its Applications, vol 194. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5766-0_4
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