Advanced Mechanics of Materials [Paperback]

For a one/two-semester upper-level undergraduate/graduate-level second course in Mechanics of Materials. This text covers all topics usually treated in an advanced mechanics of materials course. Throughout, topics are treated by extending concepts and procedures of elementary mechanics of materials, assisted when necessary by advanced methods such as theory of elasticity.

• NEW - Reflects recent developments in fracture mechanics and computer analysis.

• NEW - Adds a review chapter.

• NEW - Features new topics:

  • Symmetry considerations.

  • Rectangular plates in bending.

  • Plastic action in plates.

  • Critical speed of rotating shafts.

• NEW - Expands discussions of:

  • Fatigue.

  • The reciprocal theorem.

  • Semi-inverse problems in elasticity.

  • Thermal stress.

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