Mechanics of Solids

Carl T. F. Ross

• Publisher: Woodhead Publishing
• Year: 1999
• Print ISBN:
  9781898563679
• eBook ISBN:
  9780857099716
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Mechanics

This text is the primary recommendation of the UK Engineering Council Faculty of Technology to all British universities as of approved standard and quality for use as a text for the Board's own examinations. It introduces the fundamental concepts and principles of statics and stress analysis as the essential reading for first year engineering students. Worked examples from the authors experience reinforce comprehension of key concepts. Tutorial solutions with explanation in extended detail have been provided for students. Key elements include: use of free-body diagrams to help problem solving; coverage of composite materials; torsion of circular and non-circular sections; and the matrix-displacement method. - Introduces the fundamental concepts and principles of statistics and stress analysis and applies these concepts and principles to a large number of practical problems - The primary recommendation of the UK Engineering Council Faculty of Technology to all British universities

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Mechanics of Solids
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Dedication
• Preface
• Notation
• Chapter 1. Statics
• Chapter 2. Stress and Strain
• Chapter 3. Geometrical properties of symmetrical sections
• Chapter 4. Bending stresses in beams
• Chapter 5. Beam deflections due to bending
• Chapter 6. Torsion
• Chapter 7. Complex stress and strain
• Chapter 8. Membrane theory for thin-walled circular cylinders and spheres
• Chapter 9. Energy methods
• Chapter 10. Theories of elastic failure
• Chapter 11. Thick cylinders and spheres
• Chapter 12. The buckling of struts
• Chapter 13. Unsymmetrical bending of beams
• Chapter 14. Shear stresses in bending and shear deflections
• Chapter 15. The matrix displacement method
• Chapter 16. Experimental strain analysis
• Index