Mechanics of Solids

"Mechanics of Solids" is a text for the junior level course called Strength of Materials, Mechanics of Solids or Mechanics of Materials taken by civil, mechanical, mechanics and aerospace engineering students. It builds upon the background of a statics course and extends the analysis of the equilibrium of rigid bodies -to allow for the deformation of components. An interactive computer program enables students to carry out computer assisted problem solving, making use of methods which they have mastered for small scale problems solved by hand. This text: develops a systematic, organized, effective method for solving problems of deformable bodies; presents methods for computer assisted problem solving and includes a software disk to do this; provides ideas of design calculations for combined stress; and discusses singularity functions for beam analysis, Mohr's circle construction for stress and strain, and analysis for beam deflections using a beam element. Over 1,000 end-of-chapter problems and 150 worked-out examples are also provided.