It presents the theory and practice of mechanics of materials in a straight-forward, plain-speaking, student-friendly manner that addresses the learning styles of today's students without sacrificing rigor or depth in the presentation of topics. Unique to this book is the integration of MecMovies. This award-winning instructional software package created by the author provides extensive hands-on practice and feedback to students as they become familiar with a wide variety of concepts and applications, from stress and strain to bending, torsion, transverse shear and combined loads.

·Stress
·Strain
·Mechanical Properties of Materials
·Design Concepts
·Axial Deformation
·Torsion
·Equilibrium of Beams
·Bending
·Shear Stress in Beams
·Beam Deflections
·Statically Indeterminate Beams
·Stress Transformations
·Strain Transformations
·Thin-Walled Pressure Vessels
·Combined Loads
·Columns
·Energy Methods


Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 Stress 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Normal Stress Under Axial Loading 1.3 Direct Shear Stress 1.4 Bearing Stress 1.5 Stresses on Inclined Sections 1.6 Equality of Shear Stresses on Perpendicular Planes Chapter 2 Strain 2.1 Displacement, Deformation and the Concept of Strain 2.2 Normal Strain 2.3 Shear Strain 2.4 Thermal Strain Chapter 3 Mechanical Properties of Materials 3.1 The Tension Test 3.2 The Stress--Strain Diagram 3.3 Hooke's Law 3.4 Poisson's Ratio Chapter 4 Design Concepts 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Types of Loads 4.3 Safety 4.4 Allowable Stress Design 4.5 Load and Resistance Factor Design Chapter 5 Axial Deformation 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Saint-Venant's Principle 5.3 Deformations in Axially Loaded Bars 5.4 Deformations in a System of Axially Loaded Bars 5.5 Statically Indeterminate Axially Loaded Members 5.6 Thermal Effects on Axial Deformation 5.7 Stress Concentrations Chapter 6 Torsion 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Torsional Shear Strain 6.3 Torsional Shear Stress 6.4 Stresses on Oblique Planes 6.5 Torsional Deformations 6.6 Torsion Sign Conventions 6.7 Gears in Torsion Assemblies 6.8 Power Transmission 6.9 Statically Indeterminate Torsion Members 6.10 Stress Concentrations in Circular Shafts Under Torsional Loadings 6.11 Torsion of Noncircular Sections 6.12 Torsion of Thin-Walled Tubes: Shear Flow Chapter 7 Equilibrium of Beams 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Shear and Moment in Beams 7.3 Graphical Method for Constructing Shear and Moment Diagrams 7.4 Discontinuity Functions to Represent Load, Shear and Moment Chapter 8 Bending 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Flexural Strains 8.3 Normal Stresses in Beams 8.4 Analysis of Bending Stresses in Beams 8.5 Introductory Beam Design for Strength 8.6 Flexural Stresses in Beams of Two Materials 8.7 Bending Due to Eccentric Axial Load 8.8 Unsymmetric Bending 8.9 Stress Concentrations Under Flexural Loadings Chapter 9 Shear Stress in Beams 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Resultant Forces Produced by Bending Stresses 9.3 The Shear Stress Formula 9.4 The First Moment of Area Q 9.5 Shear Stresses in Beams of Rectangular Cross Section 9.6 Shear Stresses in Beams of Circular Cross Section 9.7 Shear Stresses in Webs of Flanged Beams 9.8 Shear Flow in Built-Up Members 9.9 Shear Stress and Shear Flow in Thin-Walled Members 9.10 Shear Centers of Thin-Walled Open Sections Chapter 10 Beam Deflections 10.1 Introduction 10.2 Moment-Curvature Relationship 10.3 The Differential Equation of the Elastic Curve 10.4 Deflections by Integration of a Moment Equation 10.5 Deflections by Integration of Shear-Force or Load Equations 10.6 Deflections Using Discontinuity Functions 10.7 Method of Superposition Chapter 11 Statically Indeterminate Beams 11.1 Introduction 11.2 Types of Statically Indeterminate Beams 11.3 The Integration Method 11.4 Use of Discontinuity Functions for Statically Indeterminate Beams 11.5 The Superposition Method Chapter 12 Stress Transformations 12.1 Introduction 12.2 Stress at a General Point in an Arbitrarily Loaded Body 12.3 Equilibrium of the Stress Element 12.4 Plane Stress 12.5 Generating the Stress Element 12.6 Equilibrium Method for Plane Stress Transformations 12.7 General Equations of Plane Stress Transformation 12.8 Principal Stresses and Maximum Shear Stress 12.9 Presentation of Stress Transformation Results 12.10 Mohr's Circle for Plane Stress 12.11 General State of Stress at a Point Chapter 13 Strain Transformations 13.1 Introduction 13.2 Plane Strain 13.3 Transformation Equations for Plane Strain 13.4 Principal Strains and Maximum Shearing Strain 13.5 Presentation of Strain Transformation Results 13.6 Mohr's Circle for Plane Strain 13.7 Strain Measurement and Strain Rosettes 13.8 Generalized Hooke's Law for Isotropic Materials Chapter 14 Thin-Walled Pressure Vessels 14.1 Introduction 14.2 Spherical Pressure Vessels 14.3 Cylindrical Pressure Vessels 14.4 Strains in Pressure Vessels Chapter 15 Combined Loads 15.1 Introduction 15.2 Combined Axial and Torsional Loads 15.3 Principal Stresses in a Flexural Member 15.4 General Combined Loadings 15.5 Theories of Failure Chapter 16 Columns 16.1 Introduction 16.2 Buckling of Pin-Ended Columns 16.3 The Effect of End Conditions on Column Buckling 16.4 The Secant Formula 16.5 Empirical Column Formulas--Centric Loading 16.6 Eccentrically Loaded Columns Chapter 17 Energy Methods 17.1 Introduction 17.2 Work and Strain Energy 17.3 Elastic Strain Energy for Axial Deformation 17.4 Elastic Strain Energy for Torsional Deformation 17.5 Elastic Strain Energy for Flexural Deformation 17.6 Impact Loading 17.7 Work-Energy Method for Single Loads 17.8 Method of Virtual Work 17.9 Deflections of Trusses by the Virtual-Work Method 17.10 Deflections of Beams by the Virtual-Work Method 17.11 Castigliano's Second Theorem 17.12 Calculating Deflections of Trusses by Castigliano's Theorem 17.13 Calculating Deflections of Beams by Castigliano's Theorem Appendix A Geometric Properties of an Area A.1 Centroid of an Area A.2 Moment of Inertia for an Area A.3 Product of Inertia for an Area A.4 Principal Moments of Inertia A.5 Mohr's Circle for Principal Moments of Inertia Appendix B Geometric Properties of Structural Steel Shapes Appendix C Table of Beam Slopes and Deflections Appendix D Average Properties of Selected Materials Answers to Odd Numbered Problems Index