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Mechanics of Materials

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ISBN-10: 0534417930

ISBN-13: 9780534417932

Edition: 6th 2004

Authors: James M. Gere

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List price: $123.95
Edition: 6th
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Nelson Education Limited
Publication date: 12/15/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 960
Size: 8.00" wide x 9.25" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 3.938

Prefacep. xi
Symbolsp. xv
Greek Alphabetp. xviii
Tension, Compression, and Shearp. 1
Introduction to Mechanics of Materialsp. 1
Normal Stress and Strainp. 3
Mechanical Properties of Materialsp. 10
Elasticity, Plasticity, and Creepp. 20
Linear Elasticity, Hooke's Law, and Poisson's Ratiop. 23
Shear Stress and Strainp. 28
Allowable Stresses and Allowable Loadsp. 39
Design for Axial Loads and Direct Shearp. 44
Problemsp. 49
Axially Loaded Membersp. 67
Introductionp. 67
Changes in Lengths of Axially Loaded Membersp. 68
Changes in Lengths of Nonuniform Barsp. 77
Statically Indeterminate Structuresp. 84
Thermal Effects, Misfits, and Prestrainsp. 93
Stresses on Inclined Sectionsp. 105
Strain Energyp. 116
Impact Loadingp. 128
Repeated Loading and Fatiguep. 137
Stress Concentrationsp. 139
Nonlinear Behaviorp. 145
Elastoplastic Analysisp. 150
Problemsp. 156
Torsionp. 187
Introductionp. 187
Torsional Deformations of a Circular Barp. 188
Circular Bars of Linearly Elastic Materialsp. 191
Nonuniform Torsionp. 204
Stresses and Strains in Pure Shearp. 212
Relationship Between Moduli of Elasticity E and Gp. 220
Transmission of Power by Circular Shaftsp. 221
Statically Indeterminate Torsional Membersp. 228
Strain Energy in Torsion and Pure Shearp. 232
Thin-Walled Tubesp. 240
Stress Concentrations in Torsionp. 249
Problemsp. 251
Shear Forces and Bending Momentsp. 271
Introductionp. 271
Types of Beams, Loads, and Reactionsp. 271
Shear Forces and Bending Momentsp. 276
Relationships Between Loads, Shear Forces, and Bending Momentsp. 284
Shear-Force and Bending-Moment Diagramsp. 288
Problemsp. 302
Stresses in Beams (Basic Topics)p. 311
Introductionp. 311
Pure Bending and Nonuniform Bendingp. 312
Curvature of a Beamp. 313
Longitudinal Strains in Beamsp. 314
Normal Stresses in Beams (Linearly Elastic Materials)p. 320
Design of Beams for Bending Stressesp. 332
Nonprismatic Beamsp. 341
Shear Stresses in Beams of Rectangular Cross Sectionp. 345
Shear Stresses in Beams of Circular Cross Sectionp. 354
Shear Stresses in the Webs of Beams with Flangesp. 358
Built-Up Beams and Shear Flowp. 366
Beams with Axial Loadsp. 370
Stress Concentrations in Bendingp. 376
Problemsp. 378
Stresses in Beams (Advanced Topics)p. 407
Introductionp. 407
Composite Beamsp. 407
Transformed-Section Methodp. 417
Doubly Symmetric Beams with Inclined Loadsp. 423
Bending of Unsymmetric Beamsp. 430
The Shear-Center Conceptp. 435
Shear Stresses in Beams of Thin-Walled Open Cross Sectionsp. 438
Shear Stresses in Wide-Flange Beamsp. 441
Shear Centers of Thin-Walled Open Sectionsp. 445
Elastoplastic Bendingp. 454
Problemsp. 464
Analysis of Stress and Strainp. 479
Introductionp. 479
Plane Stressp. 480
Principal Stresses and Maximum Shear Stressesp. 489
Mohr's Circle for Plane Stressp. 498
Hooke's Law for Plane Stressp. 514
Triaxial Stressp. 519
Plane Strainp. 524
Problemsp. 539
Applications of Plane Stress (Pressure Vessels, Beams, and Combined Loadings)p. 557
Introductionp. 557
Spherical Pressure Vesselsp. 557
Cylindrical Pressure Vesselsp. 564
Maximum Stresses in Beamsp. 572
Combined Loadingsp. 582
Problemsp. 598
Deflections of Beamsp. 609
Introductionp. 609
Differential Equations of the Deflection Curvep. 609
Deflections by Integration of the Bending-Moment Equationp. 615
Deflections by Integration of the Shear-Force and Load Equationsp. 626
Method of Superpositionp. 632
Moment-Area Methodp. 641
Nonprismatic Beamsp. 651
Strain Energy of Bendingp. 656
Castigliano's Theoremp. 662
Deflections Produced by Impactp. 674
Temperature Effectsp. 676
Problemsp. 678
Statically Indeterminate Beamsp. 697
Introductionp. 697
Types of Statically Indeterminate Beamsp. 698
Analysis by the Differential Equations of the Deflection Curvep. 701
Method of Superpositionp. 708
Temperature Effectsp. 721
Longitudinal Displacements at the Ends of a Beamp. 724
Problemsp. 728
Columnsp. 739
Introductionp. 739
Buckling and Stabilityp. 740
Columns with Pinned Endsp. 743
Columns with Other Support Conditionsp. 755
Columns with Eccentric Axial Loadsp. 766
The Secant Formula for Columnsp. 771
Elastic and Inelastic Column Behaviorp. 777
Inelastic Bucklingp. 779
Design Formulas for Columnsp. 785
Problemsp. 798
Review of Centroids and Moments of Inertiap. 815
Introductionp. 815
Centroids of Plane Areasp. 816
Centroids of Composite Areasp. 819
Moments of Inertia of Plane Areasp. 822
Parallel-Axis Theorem for Moments of Inertiap. 825
Polar Moments of Inertiap. 828
Products of Inertiap. 830
Rotation of Axesp. 833
Principal Axes and Principal Moments of Inertiap. 835
Problemsp. 839
References and Historical Notesp. 845
Systems of Units and Conversion Factorsp. 853
Systems of Unitsp. 853
SI Unitsp. 854
U.S. Customary Unitsp. 861
Temperature Unitsp. 863
Conversions Between Unitsp. 864
Problem Solvingp. 867
Types of Problemsp. 867
Steps in Solving Problemsp. 868
Dimensional Homogeneityp. 869
Significant Digitsp. 870
Rounding of Numbersp. 872
Mathematical Formulasp. 873
Properties of Plane Areasp. 877
Properties of Structural-Steel Shapesp. 883
Properties of Structural Lumberp. 889
Deflections and Slopes of Beamsp. 891
Properties of Materialsp. 897
Answers to Problemsp. 903
Name Indexp. 919
Subject Indexp. 921
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