Table of contents Chapter 1: Fundamental principles of mechanics
Chapter 2: Introduction to mechanics of Deformable bodies
Chapter 3: Forces and moments transmitted by slender members
Chapter 4: Stress and Strain
Chapter 5: Stress-Strain-temperature relations
Chapter 6: Torsion
Chapter 7: Stresses due to bending
Chapter 8: Deflections due to bending
Chapter 9: Stability of equilibrium: buckling
New Features
? In SI units.
? Material dealing with energy, hydrostatics, post buckling behavior, and indicial notation included.
? Includes discussion of the role of computers in structural analysis.
? Problems depict real life situations with applications of principles given in the book.
Pedagogy
? Solved examples: 70
? Practice problems: 456