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Presents in-depth coverage of fundamental and advanced concepts of strength of materials for mechanical and civil engineering students.
List of contents
Preface; Acknowledgement; Dedication; 1. Stress-strain; 2. Elastic constants; 3. Shear force and bending moment; 4. Bending stress; 5. Flexural shear stress; 6. Analysis of trusses; 7. Deflection of beams; 8. Analysis of cylinders; 9. Torsion; 10. Principal stresses; 11. Coiled springs; 12. Columns and struts; 13. Analysis of members under combined loading; 14. Unsymmetrical bending and shear centre; 15. Rotating discs; 16. Stresses in curved beams; 17. Deflection of trusses; Index.
About the author
T. D. Gunneswara Rao is a Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Warangal, India. He has more than twenty years of teaching and research experience and has published more than fifty papers in journals of national and international repute. His research interest includes fracture mechanics of concrete structures and fiber reinforced structures. He has taught courses including strength of materials, theory of structures and theory of plates and shells at undergraduate and graduate level. He has served at the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok as a visiting faculty member.Mudimby Andal is an Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Kakatiya Institute of Technology and Science, Warangal, India. She received her Ph.D. from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad. She has taught courses including strength of materials, engineering mechanics, highway and railway engineering and geotechnical engineering at undergraduate and graduate level.
Summary
A comprehensive textbook covering basic and advanced concepts of strength of materials, with an emphasis on discussing important topics with the help of solved problems. The presence of enhanced pedagogical features make it suitable for undergraduate students of mechanical and civil engineering.
