Engineering Solid Mechanics bridges the gap between elementary approaches and more advanced, specialized treatments of the subject.
The variety of topics, and applications are divided into a relatively large number of sections in each chapter. This feature will allow the instructors to make their own selection of course contents by omitting some sections without upsetting the continuity of the presentation. TOC:Analysis of Stress.- Analysis of Strain.- Elastic Stress-Strain Relations.- Solution of the Elastic Problems.- Elastic Plane Problems in Cartesian Coordinates.- Elastic Plane Problems in Polar Coordinates.- Elastic Rods Subjected to General Loading.- Some Problems of Elastic Plates and Shells.- Application to Fracture Mechanics.- Plastic Deformation.- Plastic Instability, Superplasticity and Creep.- Some Elastic-Plastic Problems.
"?an above average presentation of problems on thermoelasticity and plasticity? well written, with ample numbers of homework problems."-R. Solecki, emeritus, University of Connecticut in CHOICE, September 1999
