1. Stress

Chapter Objectives

1.1          Introduction

1.2          Equilibrium of a Deformable Body

1.3          Stress

1.4          Average Normal Stress in an Axially Loaded Bar

1.5          Average Shear Stress

1.6          Allowable Stress Design

1.7          Limit State Design

2. Strain

Chapter Objectives

2.1          Deformation

2.2          Strain

3. Mechanical Properties of Materials

Chapter Objectives

3.1          The Tension and Compression Test

3.2          The Stress—Strain Diagram

3.3          Stress—Strain Behavior of Ductile and Brittle Materials

3.4          Strain Energy

3.5          Poisson’s Ratio

3.6          The Shear Stress—Strain Diagram

*3.7        Failure of Materials Due to Creep and Fatigue

4. Axial Load

Chapter Objectives

4.1          Saint-Venant’s Principle

4.2          Elastic Deformation of an Axially Loaded Member

4.3          Principle of Superposition

4.4          Statically Indeterminate Axially Loaded Members

4.5          The Force Method of Analysis for Axially Loaded Members

4.6          Thermal Stress

4.7          Stress Concentrations

*4.8         Inelastic Axial Deformation

*4.9         Residual Stress

5. Torsion

Chapter Objectives

5.1          Torsional Deformation of a Circular Shaft

5.2          The Torsion Formula