Strength of Materials

Strength of Materials

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Released May 2012
Publisher(s): Pearson India
ISBN: 9788131768549

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Book description

Strength of Materials is designed for the undergraduate students of civil and mechanical engineering for their core paper on Strength of Materials. The book offers detailed explanations with clear illustrations and a wide variety of solved problems. The step-by-step derivations help students relate to the concepts easily.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Contents
  4. About the Authors
  5. Preface
  6. Chapter 1. Stress–Strain Behaviour of Solids
    1. 1.1 Introduction
    2. 1.2 Continuum
    3. 1.3 External and Internal Forces
    4. 1.4 Properties of Solid Materials
    5. 1.5 Stresses and Strains
    6. 1.6 Hooke’s Law
    7. 1.7 Stress–Strain Diagram
    8. 1.8 Allowable Stress
    9. 1.9 Elastic Constants
    10. 1.10 Composite Sections
    11. 1.11 Bars of Varying Cross Sections
    12. 1.12 Temperature Stresses
    13. Solved University Questions
    14. Salient Points
    15. Questions
  7. Chapter 2. Principal Stresses and Strains
    1. 2.1 Stress at a Point
    2. 2.2 Two-dimensional State of Stresses
    3. 2.3 Stresses on an Oblique Plane
    4. 2.4 Principal Stresses and Strains
    5. 2.5 Mohr’s Circle
    6. Solved University Questions
    7. Salient Points
    8. Questions
  8. Chapter 3. Strain Energy
    1. 3.1 Definitions
    2. 3.2 Strain Energy due to Loading
    3. 3.3 Strain Energy due to Self-weight
    4. 3.4 Strain Energy due to Shear Force
    5. 3.5 Strain Energy in Terms of Principal Stresses
    6. Solved University Questions
    7. Salient Points
    8. Questions
  9. Chapter 4. Shear Force and Bending Moment
    1. 4.1 Beams and Supports
    2. 4.2 Types of Beams
    3. 4.3 Types of Loading
    4. 4.4 Bending Moment and Shear Force
    5. 4.5 Shear Force and Bending Moment of Cantilever Beams
    6. 4.6 Shear Force and Bending Moment on Simply Supported Beams
    7. 4.7 Overhanging Beams
    8. 4.8 Beams Subjected to Inclined Loads
    9. Solved University Questions
    10. Salient Points
    11. Questions
  10. Chapter 5. Bending and Shear Stresses
    1. 5.1 Theory of Simple Bending
    2. 5.2 Section Modulus
    3. 5.3 Composite Beams or Flitched Beams
    4. 5.4 Shear Stresses in Beams
    5. 5.5 Square Section with One of Its Diagonal Horizontal
    6. 5.6 Beams of Uniform Strength
    7. Solved University Questions
    8. Salient Points
    9. Questions
  11. Chapter 6. Torsion
    1. 6.1 Introduction
    2. 6.2 Torsion of Solid Circular Shaft
    3. 6.3 Strength of a Solid Circular Shaft
    4. 6.4 Torsional Stiffness and Rigidity
    5. 6.5 Torsion of Hollow Circular Shaft
    6. 6.6 Power Transmitted by Shaft
    7. 6.7 Polar Modulus
    8. 6.8 Shafts under Special Conditions
    9. 6.9 Strain Energy in Torsion
    10. 6.10 Combined Bending and Torsion
    11. Solved University Questions
    12. Salient Points
    13. Questions
  12. Chapter 7. Springs
    1. 7.1 Introduction
    2. 7.2 Types of Springs
    3. 7.3 Leaf Springs
    4. 7.4 Helical Springs
    5. 7.5 Flat Spiral Springs
    6. 7.6 Buffer Springs
    7. 7.7 Springs in Series
    8. 7.8 Springs in Parallel
    9. Solved University Questions
    10. Salient Points
    11. Questions
  13. Chapter 8. Deflection of Beams
    1. 8.1 Introduction
    2. 8.2 Slope Deflection and Radius of Curvature
    3. 8.3 Methods of Determination of Slope and Deflection
    4. 8.4 Double Integration Method
    5. 8.5 Mecaulay’s Method
    6. 8.6 Moment Area Method
    7. 8.7 Conjugate Beam Method
    8. Solved University Questions
    9. Salient Points
    10. Questions
  14. Chapter 9. Thin Cylinders and Shells
    1. 9.1 Introduction
    2. 9.2 Thin Cylindrical Shells under Internal Pressure
    3. 9.3 Thin Spherical Shells under Internal Pressure
    4. 9.4 Efficiency of a Joint
    5. Solved University Questions
    6. Salient Points
    7. Questions
  15. Chapter 10. Thick Cylinders and Shells
    1. 10.1 Introduction
    2. 10.2 Lame’s Theorem
    3. 10.3 Thick Cylindrical Shells under Internal Pressure
    4. 10.4 Compound Thick Cylinders
    5. 10.5 Shrinkage Effect
    6. 10.6 Thick Spherical Shells
    7. Salient Points
    8. Questions
  16. Chapter 11. Columns and Struts
    1. 11.1 Introduction
    2. 11.2 Direct and Bending Stresses
    3. 11.3 Classification of Columns
    4. 11.4 Failure of Columns
    5. 11.5 End Conditions for Long Columns
    6. 11.6 Euler’s Formula
    7. 11.7 Factor of Safety
    8. 11.8 Rankine’s Formula
    9. 11.9 Johnson’s Parabolic Formula
    10. Solved University Questions
    11. Salient Points
    12. Questions
  17. Chapter 12. Analysis of Framed Structures
    1. 12.1 Introduction
    2. 12.2 Types of Frames
    3. 12.3 Analysis of Perfect Frames
    4. 12.4 Method of Joints or Method of Resolution
    5. 12.5 Method of Sections or Method of Moments
    6. Solved University
    7. Salient Points
    8. Questions
  18. Bibliography
  19. Copyright

Product information

  • Title: Strength of Materials
  • Author(s):
  • Release date: May 2012
  • Publisher(s): Pearson India
  • ISBN: 9788131768549