2nd Edition

Mechanics of Solids and Structures

By Roger T. Fenner, J.N. Reddy Copyright 2012
705 Pages 512 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

705 Pages
by CRC Press

A popular text in its first edition, Mechanics of Solids and Structures serves as a course text for the senior/graduate (fourth or fifth year) courses/modules in the mechanics of solid/advanced strength of materials, offered in aerospace, civil, engineering science, and mechanical engineering departments. Now, Mechanics of Solid and Structure, Second Edition presents the latest developments... Read more

Introduction
Modeling of Engineering Systems
Review of Statics
Concepts of Stress and Strain
Influence of Material Properties
Principles of Mechanics of Solids
Use of Numerical Methods and Computers

Statically Determinate Systems
Pin-Jointed Structures
Uniformly Loaded Thin Shells
Flexible Cables

Relationships between Stress and Strain
Hydrostatic Stress and Volumetric Strain
Elastic Stress–Strain Equations
Other Stress–Strain Relationships
Deformations of Statically Determinate Systems

Statically Indeterminate Systems
Pin-Jointed Structures
Other Statically Indeterminate Systems

Bending of Beams: Moments, Forces, and Stresses
Some Practical Examples of Beams
Shear Forces and Bending Moments in Beams
Stresses Due To Bending
Combined Bending and Axial Loads

Bending of Beams-Deflections
Relationship between Curvature and Bending Moment
Deflection of Statically Determinate Beams
Deflection of Statically Indeterminate Beams
Computer Method for Beam Deflections

Torsion
Torsion of Shafts
Statically Determinate Torsion Problems
Statically Indeterminate Torsion Problems
Combined Bending and Torsion

Instability and the Buckling of Struts and Columns
Stable, Neutral, and Unstable Equilibrium
Buckling of Pin-Ended Struts
Struts and Columns with Other End Conditions

Transformations of Stress and Strain
Transformation of Stress
Transformation of Strain
Computer Method for Stresses and Strains at a Point
Yield and Fracture Criteria

Equilibrium and Compatibility Equations: Beams and Thick-Walled Cylinders
Stress Equilibrium Equations
Strain Compatibility Equations
Application to Beam Bending
Application to Thick-Walled Cylinders and Disks

Energy Methods of Structural Mechanics
Concepts of Work and Energy
Strain Energy and Complementary Strain Energy
Virtual Work and Complementary Virtual Work
Variational Operator and Fundamental Lemma
The Principle of Virtual Displacements and its Special Cases
The Principle of Virtual Forces and its Special Cases

Appendices
Appendix A: Properties of Materials
Appendix B: Moments of Area
Appendix D: Deflections and Slopes for Some Common Cases of the Bending of
Uniform Beams

Index

Biography

Fenner, Roger T.; Reddy, J.N.

"Each topic is introduced in a careful and systematic manner, developing complexity gently, so that it nurtures and develops a joy for structural systems and the contemporary tools used to solve structural engineering challenges."
—Professor Feargal Brennan, Cranfield University