Strength of Materials and Structures: An Introduction to the Mechanics of Solids and Structures provides an introduction to the application of basic ideas in so

Engineers need to be familiar with the fundamental principles and concepts in materials and structures in order to be able to design structurers to resist failu

Strength of materials is that branch of engineering concerned with the deformation and disruption of solids when forces other than changes in position or equili

The second edition of this highly informative book retains much original material covering the principles of structural mechanics and the strength of materials,