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This is a revised edition emphasising the fundamental concepts and applications of strength of materials while intending to develop students' analytical and problem-solving skills. 60% of the 1100 problems are new to this edition, providing plenty of material for self-study. New treatments are given to stresses in beams, plane stresses and energy methods. There is also a review chapter on centroids and moments of inertia in plane areas; explanations of analysis processes, including more motivation, within the worked examples.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Preface (p. xi)
• Symbols (p. xv)
• Greek Alphabet (p. xviii)
• 1 Tension, Compression, and Shear (p. 1)
• 1.1 Introduction to Mechanics of Materials (p. 1)
• 1.2 Normal Stress and Strain (p. 3)
• 1.3 Mechanical Properties of Materials (p. 10)
• 1.4 Elasticity, Plasticity, and Creep (p. 20)
• 1.5 Linear Elasticity, Hooke's Law, and Poisson's Ratio (p. 23)
• 1.6 Shear Stress and Strain (p. 28)
• 1.7 Allowable Stresses and Allowable Loads (p. 39)
• 1.8 Design for Axial Loads and Direct Shear (p. 44)
• Problems (p. 49)
• 2 Axially Loaded Members (p. 67)
• 2.1 Introduction (p. 67)
• 2.2 Changes in Lengths of Axially Loaded Members (p. 68)
• 2.3 Changes in Lengths of Nonuniform Bars (p. 77)
• 2.4 Statically Indeterminate Structures (p. 84)
• 2.5 Thermal Effects, Misfits, and Prestrains (p. 93)
• 2.6 Stresses on Inclined Sections (p. 105)
• 2.7 Strain Energy (p. 116)
• 2.8 Impact Loading (p. 128)
• 2.9 Repeated Loading and Fatigue (p. 137)
• 2.10 Stress Concentrations (p. 139)
• 2.11 Nonlinear Behavior (p. 145)
• 2.12 Elastoplastic Analysis (p. 150)
• Problems (p. 156)
• 3 Torsion (p. 187)
• 3.1 Introduction (p. 187)
• 3.2 Torsional Deformations of a Circular Bar (p. 188)
• 3.3 Circular Bars of Linearly Elastic Materials (p. 191)
• 3.4 Nonuniform Torsion (p. 204)
• 3.5 Stresses and Strains in Pure Shear (p. 212)
• 3.6 Relationship Between Moduli of Elasticity E and G (p. 220)
• 3.7 Transmission of Power by Circular Shafts (p. 221)
• 3.8 Statically Indeterminate Torsional Members (p. 228)
• 3.9 Strain Energy in Torsion and Pure Shear (p. 232)
• 3.10 Thin-Walled Tubes (p. 240)
• 3.11 Stress Concentrations in Torsion (p. 249)
• Problems (p. 251)
• 4 Shear Forces and Bending Moments (p. 271)
• 4.1 Introduction (p. 271)
• 4.2 Types of Beams, Loads, and Reactions (p. 271)
• 4.3 Shear Forces and Bending Moments (p. 276)
• 4.4 Relationships Between Loads, Shear Forces, and Bending Moments (p. 284)
• 4.5 Shear-Force and Bending-Moment Diagrams (p. 288)
• Problems (p. 302)
• 5 Stresses in Beams (Basic Topics) (p. 311)
• 5.1 Introduction (p. 311)
• 5.2 Pure Bending and Nonuniform Bending (p. 312)
• 5.3 Curvature of a Beam (p. 313)
• 5.4 Longitudinal Strains in Beams (p. 314)
• 5.5 Normal Stresses in Beams (Linearly Elastic Materials) (p. 320)
• 5.6 Design of Beams for Bending Stresses (p. 332)
• 5.7 Nonprismatic Beams (p. 341)
• 5.8 Shear Stresses in Beams of Rectangular Cross Section (p. 345)
• 5.9 Shear Stresses in Beams of Circular Cross Section (p. 354)
• 5.10 Shear Stresses in the Webs of Beams with Flanges (p. 358)
• 5.11 Built-Up Beams and Shear Flow (p. 366)
• 5.12 Beams with Axial Loads (p. 370)
• 5.13 Stress Concentrations in Bending (p. 376)
• Problems (p. 378)
• 6 Stresses in Beams (Advanced Topics) (p. 407)
• 6.1 Introduction (p. 407)
• 6.2 Composite Beams (p. 407)
• 6.3 Transformed-Section Method (p. 417)
• 6.4 Doubly Symmetric Beams with Inclined Loads (p. 423)
• 6.5 Bending of Unsymmetric Beams (p. 430)
• 6.6 The Shear-Center Concept (p. 435)
• 6.7 Shear Stresses in Beams of Thin-Walled Open Cross Sections (p. 438)
• 6.8 Shear Stresses in Wide-Flange Beams (p. 441)
• 6.9 Shear Centers of Thin-Walled Open Sections (p. 445)
• 6.10 Elastoplastic Bending (p. 454)
• Problems (p. 464)
• 7 Analysis of Stress and Strain (p. 479)
• 7.1 Introduction (p. 479)
• 7.2 Plane Stress (p. 480)
• 7.3 Principal Stresses and Maximum Shear Stresses (p. 489)
• 7.4 Mohr's Circle for Plane Stress (p. 498)
• 7.5 Hooke's Law for Plane Stress (p. 514)
• 7.6 Triaxial Stress (p. 519)
• 7.7 Plane Strain (p. 524)
• Problems (p. 539)
• 8 Applications of Plane Stress (Pressure Vessels, Beams, and Combined Loadings) (p. 557)
• 8.1 Introduction (p. 557)
• 8.2 Spherical Pressure Vessels (p. 557)
• 8.3 Cylindrical Pressure Vessels (p. 564)
• 8.4 Maximum Stresses in Beams (p. 572)
• 8.5 Combined Loadings (p. 582)
• Problems (p. 598)
• 9 Deflections of Beams (p. 609)
• 9.1 Introduction (p. 609)
• 9.2 Differential Equations of the Deflection Curve (p. 609)
• 9.3 Deflections by Integration of the Bending-Moment Equation (p. 615)
• 9.4 Deflections by Integration of the Shear-Force and Load Equations (p. 626)
• 9.5 Method of Superposition (p. 632)
• 9.6 Moment-Area Method (p. 641)
• 9.7 Nonprismatic Beams (p. 651)
• 9.8 Strain Energy of Bending (p. 656)
• 9.9 Castigliano's Theorem (p. 662)
• 9.10 Deflections Produced by Impact (p. 674)
• 9.11 Temperature Effects (p. 676)
• Problems (p. 678)
• 10 Statically Indeterminate Beams (p. 697)
• 10.1 Introduction (p. 697)
• 10.2 Types of Statically Indeterminate Beams (p. 698)
• 10.3 Analysis by the Differential Equations of the Deflection Curve (p. 701)
• 10.4 Method of Superposition (p. 708)
• 10.5 Temperature Effects (p. 721)
• 10.6 Longitudinal Displacements at the Ends of a Beam (p. 724)
• Problems (p. 728)
• 11 Columns (p. 739)
• 11.1 Introduction (p. 739)
• 11.2 Buckling and Stability (p. 740)
• 11.3 Columns with Pinned Ends (p. 743)
• 11.4 Columns with Other Support Conditions (p. 755)
• 11.5 Columns with Eccentric Axial Loads (p. 766)
• 11.6 The Secant Formula for Columns (p. 771)
• 11.7 Elastic and Inelastic Column Behavior (p. 777)
• 11.8 Inelastic Buckling (p. 779)
• 11.9 Design Formulas for Columns (p. 785)
• Problems (p. 798)
• 12 Review of Centroids and Moments of Inertia (p. 815)
• 12.1 Introduction (p. 815)
• 12.2 Centroids of Plane Areas (p. 816)
• 12.3 Centroids of Composite Areas (p. 819)
• 12.4 Moments of Inertia of Plane Areas (p. 822)
• 12.5 Parallel-Axis Theorem for Moments of Inertia (p. 825)
• 12.6 Polar Moments of Inertia (p. 828)
• 12.7 Products of Inertia (p. 830)
• 12.8 Rotation of Axes (p. 833)
• 12.9 Principal Axes and Principal Moments of Inertia (p. 835)
• Problems (p. 839)
• References and Historical Notes (p. 845)
• Appendix A Systems of Units and Conversion Factors (p. 853)
• A.1 Systems of Units (p. 853)
• A.2 SI Units (p. 854)
• A.3 U.S. Customary Units (p. 861)
• A.4 Temperature Units (p. 863)
• A.5 Conversions Between Units (p. 864)
• Appendix B Problem Solving (p. 867)
• B.1 Types of Problems (p. 867)
• B.2 Steps in Solving Problems (p. 868)
• B.3 Dimensional Homogeneity (p. 869)
• B.4 Significant Digits (p. 870)
• B.5 Rounding of Numbers (p. 872)
• Appendix C Mathematical Formulas (p. 873)
• Appendix D Properties of Plane Areas (p. 877)
• Appendix E Properties of Structural-Steel Shapes (p. 883)
• Appendix F Properties of Structural Lumber (p. 889)
• Appendix G Deflections and Slopes of Beams (p. 891)
• Appendix H Properties of Materials (p. 897)
• Answers to Problems (p. 903)
• Name Index (p. 919)
• Subject Index (p. 921)

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