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Book SynopsisA popular text in its first edition, Mechanics of Solids and Structures serves as a course text for the senior/graduate (fourth or fifth year) courses/modules in the mechanics of solid/advanced strength of materials, offered in aerospace, civil, engineering science, and mechanical engineering departments. Now, Mechanics of Solid and Structure, Second Edition presents the latest developments in computational methods that have revolutionized the field, while retaining all of the basic principles and foundational information needed for mastering advanced engineering mechanics.
Key changes to the second edition include full-color illustrations throughout, web-based computational material, and the addition of a new chapter on the energy methods of structural mechanics. Using authoritative, yet accessible language, the authors explain the construction of expressions for both total potential energy and complementary potential energy associated with s
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"Each topic is introduced in a careful and systematic manner, developing complexity gently, so that it nurtures and develops a joy for structural systems and the contemporary tools used to solve structural engineering challenges."
—Professor Feargal Brennan, Cranfield University
"Each topic is introduced in a careful and systematic manner, developing complexity gently, so that it nurtures and develops a joy for structural systems and the contemporary tools used to solve structural engineering challenges." —Professor Feargal Brennan, Cranfield University
Table of ContentsIntroduction. Statically Determinate Systems. Relationships between Stress and Strain. Statically Indeterminate Systems. Bending of Beams: Moments, Forces, and Stresses. Bending of Beams: Deflections. Torsion. Instability and the Buckling of Struts and Columns. Transformations of Stress and Strain. Equilibrium and Compatibility Equations: Beams and Thick-Walled Cylinders. Energy Methods of Structural Mechanics. Appendices. Index.
