Bending and Buckling of Rods

This lecture covers topics related to continuum mechanics, including tension, constitutive law in elasticity, Poisson ratio, stress and strain, constitutive models for solids, transformation laws, bending and buckling of rods, and some historical remarks on mechanics in Switzerland. The instructor discusses the Euler-Bernoulli beam theory, the role of Euler and Bernoulli in the development of the theory, and the significance of reduced models. The lecture also delves into the bending behavior of rods, the implications of the Euler-Bernoulli beam theory, and the assumptions and corollaries associated with it.