Formulas for Stress, Strain, and Structural Matrices

WALTER D. PILKEY, PhD, is a Morse Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville. He is recognized as an authority in the areas of stress and strain from both the mechanical and civil engineering points of view.

• Preface. Acknowledgments.1. Introduction.2. Geometric Properties of Plane Areas.3 Stress and Strain.4. Mechanical Properties and Testing of Engineering Materials.5. Experimental Stress Analysis.6. Stress Concentration.7. Fracture Mechanics and Fatigue.8. Joints.9. Contact Stresses.10. Dynamic Loading.11. Beams and Columns.12. Torsion and Extension of Bars.13. Frames.14. Torsion of Thin-Walled Beams.15. Cross-Sectional Stresses: Combined Stresses.16. Curved Bars.17. Rotors.18. Plates.19. Thick Shells and Disks.20. Thin Shells.Appendix I. Fundamental Mathematics.Appendix II. Structural Members.Appendix III. Structural Systems.Index.