Mechanics of materials for dummies [learn to: understand key machanics concepts ; grasp principles of stress, strain, and deformation and their interactions ; solve indeterminate statics problems]

pt. I. Setting the stage for mechanics of materials -- Predicting behavior with mechanics of materials -- Reviewing mathematics and units used in mechanics of materials -- Brushing up on statics basics -- Calculating properties of geometric areas -- Computing moments of area and other inertia calcul...

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1. Verfasser: Allen, James H. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Hoboken, NJ Wiley 2011
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Zusammenfassung:pt. I. Setting the stage for mechanics of materials -- Predicting behavior with mechanics of materials -- Reviewing mathematics and units used in mechanics of materials -- Brushing up on statics basics -- Calculating properties of geometric areas -- Computing moments of area and other inertia calculations -- pt. II. Analyzing stress -- Remain calm, it's only stress! -- More than meets the eye: transforming stresses -- Lining up stress along axial axes -- Bending stress is only normal: analyzing bending members -- Shear madness: surveying shear stress -- Twisting the night away with torsion -- pt. III. Investigating strain -- Don't strain yourself: exploring strain and deformation -- Applying transformation concepts to strain -- Correlating stresses and strains to understand deformation -- pt. IV. Applying stress and strain -- Calculating combined stresses -- When push comes to shove: dealing with deformations -- Showing determination when dealing with indeterminate structures -- Buckling up for compression members -- Designing for required section properties -- Introducing energy methods -- pt. V. The part of tens -- Ten mechanics of materials pitfalls to avoid -- Ten tips to solving mechanics of materials problems.
Provides plain-English explanations of all the topics you'll encounter in a typical undergraduate course, including principles of equilibrium, geometric compatibility, and material behavior; stress and its relation to force and movement; strain and its relation to displacement; and methods for calculating deformations and indeterminate systems
Beschreibung:Includes index
Mechanics of Materials For Dummies gives you plain-English explanations of all the topics you'll encounter in a typical undergraduate course, including principles of equilibrium, geometric compatibility, and material behavior; stress and its relation to force and movement; strain and its relation to displacement; and methods for calculating deformations and indeterminate systems
Beschreibung:XIV, 370 S.
Ill., graph. Darst.
24 cm
ISBN:0470942738
0-470-94273-8
9780470942734
978-0-470-94273-4