Strength of Materials For Engineering

For the past forty years Beer and Johnston have been the uncontested leaders in the teaching of undergraduate engineering mechanics. Their careful presentation of content, unmatched levels of accuracy, and attention to detail have made their texts the standard for excellence. The revision of their classic Mechanics of Materials text features a new and updated design and art program; almost every homework problem is new or revised; and extensive content revisions and text reorganisations have been made. The multimedia supplement package includes an extensive strength of materials Interactive Tutorial (created by George Staab and Brooks Breeden of The Ohio State University) to provide students with additional help on key concepts, and a custom book website offers online resources for both instructors and students.

For the past forty years Beer and Johnston have been the uncontested leaders in the teaching of undergraduate engineering mechanics. Their careful presentation of content, unmatched levels of accuracy, and attention to detail have made their texts the standard for excellence.

The presented short course is intended as the small addendum to the imposing size classical books on the mechanics of materials. The foundations of the nonlinear, linearized, and linear theories of elasticity, as well as the strength of materials, are offered. The chapters give in brief terms the information on fundamentals of mechanics of materials and have for an object to help him to systemize of his knowledge in the area of modern mechanics of materials, to understand the common background and interdependence of models and theories of the modern mechanics of materials.

This book covers the essential topics for a second-level course in strength of materials or mechanics of materials, with an emphasis on techniques that are useful for mechanical design. Design typically involves an initial conceptual stage during which many options are considered.