Textbook Of Strength Of Materials [Concise Edition]

I take an opportunity to present Strength of Materials to the students of Engineering Degree and A.M.I.E (I) Section ‘A’ in particular. The object of this book is to present the subject matter in most concise, compact, to the point and lucid manner.

1. Introduction

2. Mechanical Properties of Materials (Stress-Strain Diagram)

3. Simple Stresses and Strains

4. Stresses and Strains in Bars of Varying Sections

5. Stresses and Strains in Statically Indeterminate Structures

6. Thermal Stresses and Strains

7. Elastic Constants

8. Principal Stresses and Strains

9. Strain Energy and Impact Loading

10. Centre of Gravity

11. Moment of Inertia

12. Analysis of Perfect Frames (Analytical Method)

13. Bending Moment and Shear Force

14. Bending Stresses in Simple Beams

15. Bending Stresses in Composite Beams

16. Shearing Stresses in Beams

17. Direct and Bending Stresses

18. Deflection of Beams

19. Deflection of Cantilevers

20. Deflection by Moment Area Method

21. Torsion of Circular Shafts

22. Springs

23. Thin Cylindrical and Spherical Shells

24. Thick Cylindrical and Spherical Shells

25. Columns and Struts

26. Propped Cantilevers and Beams

27. Fixed Beams

28. Theorem of Three Moments

29. Strain Energy & Deflection Due to Bending & Shear (and Castigliano’s Theorem)

30. Bending of Curved Bars

31. Theories of Failure

32. Testing of Materials