Mechanics of Materials

Author: Zhang Rushan
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Publish Date: 1997-06-05
Features: For faculty and students of civil engineering and architecture in higher industrial schools, as well as for students in junior colleges and adult colleges. This book is compiled based on the "Basic Requirements for Teaching of Mechanics of Materials" (longer hours for civil engineering and architecture) approved by the State Education Commission. The book includes fifteen chapters: Introduction, Axial Tension and Compression, Torsion, Bending Internal Forces, Geometric Properties of Plane Figures, Bending Stress, Bending Deformation, Energy Methods, Stress and Strain Analysis, Strength Theory, Combined Deformation, Stability of Columns, Dynamic Loads, Cyclic Stress, and Load-Carrying Capacity of Rods Considering Material Plasticity. The book contains 146 examples and 318 exercises. In the appendix, in addition to answers to exercises and specifications of steel sections, it also includes an introduction to structural design methods and the basic requirements for teaching of Mechanics of Materials.