Chapter 1. Analysis of Stress

1.1 Introduction

There are two major parts to this chapter. Review of some important fundamentals of statics and mechanics of solids, the concept of stress, modes of load transmission, the general sign convention for stress and force resultants that will be used throughout the book, and analysis and design principles are provided first. This is followed by treatment of changing the components of the state of stress given in one set of coordinate axes to any other set of rotated axes, as well as variation of stress within and on the boundaries of a load-carrying member. Plane stress and its transformation are of basic importance, since these conditions are most common in engineering practice. This chapter is therefore ...

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