The knowledge of mechanics of materials is the very foundation for advanced topics in mechanical, civil, aerospace, chemical, ceramic engineering and materials science.

This comprehensive book presents materials with a three-dimensional approach rather than two-dimensional analysis adopted by existing books. It develops the required background thoroughly before basic elements such as stress and strain tensors are formulated. The presentation is richly filled with anecdotes, illustrations and solved examples. Special care has been taken to carry out algebra and the derivations in small digestible steps.

This useful reference text largely meets the requirements of computer-aided engineering (CAE) softwares which are widely used in industrial-sector and research & development laboratories to design structural members.

Contents:

• Getting into a New Ball Game


• Forces, Moments, and Equilibrium


• Reactions and Free Body Diagrams


• Internal Forces in Slender Members


• Stress Tensor


• Transformation of Stress Components


• Deformation and Strain Tensor


• Material Behavior: Stress–Strain Relations


• Axial Members: Stresses, Thermal Strains, and Compatibility


• Bending Moments and Shear Forces


• Deflection due to Bending


• Torsion


• Combined Stresses and Yield Criteria


• Energy Methods


• Historical Perspective

Readership: Researchers, professionals, academics, undergraduate and graduate students in mechanical engineering, civil engineering, aerospace engineering, materials science and chemical engineering.