Solid mechanics
Solid mechanics is the branch of mechanics, physics, and mathematics that concerns itself with how solid matter under external actions works (such as external forces, temperature changes, applied displacements, etc.). It is part of a larger study known as continuum mechanics. One of the most common practical applications of solid mechanics is the Euler-Bernoulli beam equation.
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Galileo Galilei published the book "Two New Sciences" in which he examined the failure of simple structures
Isaac Newton published "Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica" which contains the Newton's laws of motion
Leonhard Euler developed the theory of buckling of columns