Mechanics of Materials For Dummies

Your ticket to excelling in mechanics of materials
Mechanics of Materials For Dummies gives you plain–English explanations of all the topics you′ll encounter in a typical undergraduate course, including principles of equilibrium, geometric compatibility, and material behavior; stress and its relation to force and movement; strain and its relation to displacement; and methods for calculating deformations and indeterminate systems.
Brush up on basics — get a quick refresher on math and units, a brief review of essential statics topics, and an easy–to–follow introduction to mechanics of materials
Sharpen your skills — find out which skills you need to master, including section property calculations, internal force diagrams, and how to locate the centroid of an area
Stop stressing — get the 411 on the basic types of stress, grasp the difference between average stress and stress at a point, and learn to transform stresses to find principal values and angles
Strain for more — discover how objects deform in response to strain, how you compute maximum and minimum strain values, and how to determine strain orientation within an object
Compute displacements — explore different ways to compute deformations of objects under loads for both statically determinate and indeterminate systems
Open the book and find:
How to use mechanics to understand material behavior
Methods for calculating stresses and strains
Basic torsion theory
How to calculate deformations, displacements, and angles of twist
How to solve indeterminate systems and composite materials problems
Mohr′s circle for transformations
Hooke′s law for stress and strain
Learn to:
Understand key mechanics concepts
Grasp principles of stress, strain, and deformation and their interactions
Solve ind eterminate statics problems

Spis treści:
Introduction.
Part I: Setting the Stage for Mechanics of Materials.
Chapter 1: Predicting Behavior with Mechanics of Materials.
Chapter 2: Reviewing Mathematics and Units Used in Mechanics of Materials.
Chapter 3: Brushing Up on Statics Basics.
Chapter 4: Calculating Properties of Geometric Areas.
Chapter 5: Computing Moments of Area and Other Inertia Calculations.
Part II: Analyzing Stress.
Chapter 6: Remain Calm, It′s Only Stress!
Chapter 7: More than Meets the Eye: Transforming Stresses.
Chapter 8: Lining Up Stress Along Axial Axes.
Chapter 9: Bending Stress Is Only Normal: Analyzing Bending Members.
Chapter 10: Shear Madness: Surveying Shear Stress.
Chapter 11: Twisting the Night Away with Torsion.
Part III: Investigating Strain.
Chapter 12: Don’t Strain Yourself: Exploring Strain and Deformation.
Chapter 13: Applying Transformation Concepts to Strain.
Chapter 14: Correlating Stresses and Strains to Understand Deformation.
Part IV: Applying Stress and Strain.
Chapter 15: Calculating Combined Stresses.
Chapter 16: When Push Comes to Shove: Dealing with Deformations.
Chapter 17: Showing Determination When Dealing with Indeterminate Structures.
Chapter 18: Buckling Up for Compression Members.
Chapter 19: Designing for Required Section Properties.
Chapter 20: Introducing Energy Methods.
Part V: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 21: Ten Mechanics of Materials Pitfalls to Avoid.
Chapter 22: Ten Tips to Solving Mechanics of Materials Problems.
Index.

Nota biograficzna:
James H. Allen III, PE, PhD is an assistant professor of civil engineering and a registered professional engineer. His specialty areas include structural engineering, numerical analysis and error control, and steel design. He is also the author of Statics For Dummies.

Okładka tylna:
Your ticket to excelling in mechanics of materials
Mechanics of Materials For Dummies gives you plain–English explanations of all the topics you′ll encounter in a typical undergraduate course, including principles of equilibrium, geometric compatibility, and material behavior; stress and its relation to force and movement; strain and its relation to displacement; and methods for calculating deformations and indeterminate systems.
Brush up on basics — get a quick refresher on math and units, a brief review of essential statics topics, and an easy–to–follow introduction to mechanics of materials
Sharpen your skills — find out which skills you need to master, including section property calculations, internal force diagrams, and how to locate the centroid of an area
Stop stressing — get the 411 on the basic types of stress, grasp the difference between average stress and stress at a point, and learn to transform stresses to find principal values and angles
Strain for more — discover how objects deform in response to strain, how you compute maximum and minimum strain values, and how to determine strain orientation within an object
Compute displacements — explore different ways to compute deformations of objects under loads for both statically determinate and indeterminate systems
Open the book and find:
How to use mechanics to understand material behavior
Methods for calculating stresses and strains
Basic torsion theory
How to calculate deformations, displacements, and angles of twist
How to solve indeterminate systems and composite materials problems
Mohr′s circle for transformations
Hooke′s law for stress and strain
Learn to:
Understand key mechanics concepts
Grasp principles of stress, strain, and deformation and t heir interactions
Solve indeterminate statics problems