Strength of materials 1

FOREWORD

NOTE

1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 What is strength of materials?

1.2 Classification of bodies

1.3 The system of axes used in strength of materials

1.4 Moment of a force

1.5 External loads

1.6 Supports and reactions

1.7 Internal loads

1.8 Diagrams of internal loads

1.9 Stresses

1.10 Strains

1.11 The stress-strain curve

1.12 Design principles in strength of materials

2 AXIAL LOADINGS

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Stresses in axial loadings

2.3 Deformations in axial loadings

2.4 Statically indeterminate systems in axial loads

2.5 Stress concentration

2.6 The strain energy

2.7 Worked examples

2.8 Proposed problems

2.9 Solutions to proposed problems

3 TORSION

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Torsion of shafts: stresses

3.3 Torsion of shafts: deformations

3.4 Torsion of helical springs: stresses

3.5 Torsion of helical springs: deformations

3.6 Statically indeterminate systems in torsion

3.7 Torsion of non-circular bars

3.8 Worked examples

3.9 Proposed problems

3.10 Solutions to proposed problems

4 BENDING

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Geometric characteristics of plane surfaces

4.3 Stresses in pure bending

4.4 Stresses in non-uniform bending

4.5 Deformations in bending

4.6 Worked examples

4.7 Proposed problems

4.8 Solutions to proposed problems

APPENDIX: DIAGRAMS FOR SIMPLE LOADING CASES

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