3rd Edition
Mechanics of Solids and Structures
The third edition of Mechanics of Solids and Structures makes use of computational methods such as the finite element method that has revolutionized the field to solve problems while retaining all the basic principles and foundational information needed for mastering advanced engineering mechanics principles and acquiring problem-solving skills.
The authors have updated the text to include the integration of numerical approaches and MATLAB computer programs into the body of the text for carrying out analysis of truss, beam, and frame structures. The third edition also offers an update to chapter one, which includes a more detailed explanation of the idealization of real-world objects, the conversion into two-dimensional approximation, and the student’s ability to create line drawings and other schematics to practice drawing and create free-body diagrams. The authors have also added new examples and exercise problems throughout the book that allow students to practice and apply the concepts and formulas to solve problems.
Following the legacy of the previous editions, the third edition serves as a course text for the senior/graduate (third, fourth, or fifth year) courses/modules in the mechanics of solid/advanced strength of materials, offered in aerospace, civil, engineering science, and mechanical engineering departments.
1. Introduction. 2. Stress and Strain. 3. Stress-Strain Relationships. 4. Statically Indeterminate Systems. 5. Bending of Beams: Moments, Forces, and Stresses. 6. Bending of Beams: Deflections. 7. Computational Methods of Trusses, Beams, and Frames. 8. Torsion. 9. Instability and the Buckling of Struts and Columns. 10. Transformations of Stress and Strain. 11. Energy Methods of Structural Mechancis. 12. Plane Elasticity and Applications to Beams and Thick-walled Cylinders.
Biography
Roger Fenner, now retired, was Professor of Engineering Computation in the Mechanical Engineering Department of Imperial College London, where his teaching included Mechanics of Solids. Much of his research was focused on computational stress analysis, especially using boundary element and finite element methods.
J. N. Reddy, the O’Donnell Foundation Chair IV Professor in J. Mike Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University, is a highly-cited researcher, author of 25 textbooks and over 800 journal papers, recipient of many honors and awards, and a leader in the applied mechanics field for more than 50 years. He is well-known worldwide for his significant contributions to the field of applied and computational mechanics through the authorship of widely used textbooks on mechanics of materials, continuum mechanics, linear and nonlinear finite element analyses, variational methods, numerical methods, and composite materials and structures.
Arun Srinivasa is the holder of the J. N. Reddy Endowed Chair in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University and Associate Dean for Student Success. He teaches courses in mechanics both at graduate and undergraduate levels. He was awarded the Ben Sparks Medal from the ASME and the Archi Higdon Medal from the ASEE in recognition of his teaching.
