Mechanics of materials /
Ferdinand P. Beer [and 3 other]
- SIXTH EDITION
- New York : McGraw-Hill Education, c2012
- 111 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Includes index.
1. Introduction-concept of stress -- 2. Stress and strain-axial loading -- 3. Torsion -- 4. Pure bending -- 5. Analysis and design of beams for bending -- 6. Shearing stresses in beams and thin-walled members -- 7. Transformations of stress and strain -- 8. Principal stresses under a given loading -- 9. Deflection of beams -- 10. Columns -- 11. Energy methods.
"The main objective of a basic mechanics of materials course should be to develop in the engineering student the ability to analyze a given problem in a simple and logical manner and to apply its solution a few fundamental and well-understood principles."