Geometric Continuum Mechanics

Part I: Kinematics, Forces, and Stress Theory.- Manifolds of Mappings for Continuum Mechanics.- Notes on Global Stress and Hyper-Stress Theories.- Applications of Algebraic Topology in Elasticity.- De Donder Construction for Higher Jets.- Part II: Defects, Uniformity, and Homogeneity.- Regular and Singular Dislocations.- Homogenization of Edge-Dislocations as a Weak Limit of de-Rham Currents.- A Kinematics of Defects in Solid Crystals.- Limits of Distributed Dislocations in Geometric and Constitutive Paradigms.- On the Homogeneity of Non-Uniform Material Bodies.