Description
Mechanics of Solids provides an introduction to the behaviour of solid materials under various loading conditions, focusing upon the fundamental concepts and principles of statics and stress analysis. As the primary recommended text of the Council of Engineering Institutions for university undergraduates studying mechanics of solids it is essential reading for mechanical engineering undergraduates and also students on many civil, structural, aeronautical and other engineering courses. The mathematics in this book has been kept as straightforward as possible and worked examples are used to reinforce key concepts. Practical stress and strain scenarios are covered, including simple stress and strain, torsion, bending, elastic failure and buckling. Many examples are given of thin-walled structures, beams, struts and composite structures. This third edition includes new chapters on matrix algebra, linear elastic fracture mechanics, material property considerations and more on strain energy methods. The companion website www.routledge.com/cw/bird provides full solutions to all 575 further problems in the text, multiple-choice tests, a list of essential formulae, resources for adopting course instructors, together with several practical demonstrations by Professor Ross.
Table of Contents
1. Revisionary mathematics
Revision Test 1: Revisionary mathematics
MCQ Test 1
2. Further revisionary mathematics
Revision Test 2: Further revisionary mathematics
MCQ Test 2
Mathematics help – some references
Notation used in Mechanics of Solids
3. Statics
4. Stress and strain
5. Geometrical properties of symmetrical sections
6. Bending stresses in beams
7. Beam deflections due to bending
8. Torsion
MCQ Test 3
Revision Test 3: specimen examination questions for chs 3-8
MCQ Test 4
9. Complex stress and strain
10. Membrane theory for thin-walled circular cylinders and spheres
11. Energy methods
12. Theories of elastic failure
13. Thick cylinders and spheres
14. The buckling of struts
15. Asymmetrical bending of beams
16. Shear stresses in bending and shear deflections
17. Experimental strain analysis
Revision Test 4: specimen examination questions for chs 9-17
18. An introduction to matrix algebra
MCQ Test 5
19. Composites
20. The matrix displacement method
21. The finite element method
Revision Test 5: specimen examination questions for chs 19-21
22. An introduction to linear elastic fracture mechanics
23. Material property considerations
A revisionary list of formulae for Mechanics of Solids
Answers to multiple-choice questions
References
