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This lecture covers the concepts of deformation in 3D and 2D, stress relations with relative strains, equilibrium analysis under axial stress, and the treatment of bodies as springs. It also discusses the reduction of 3D problems to 1D, kinematic definitions of relative strain, and examples of axially loaded bars.