Strength of Materials: An Undergraduate Text

This book provides a complete introduction to the discipline of strength of materials. Aimed at both Undergraduate and Graduate courses, the book provides a single text that students can use throughout their studies. The key features of the book include: an easy-to-understand text, structured into three parts with each part reflecting a typical year with the syllabus of a mechanical, civil, structural or offshore engineering degree; an extensive coverage of every major topic of strength of materials with comprehensive chapters on the theory of elasticity, the finite element method and the fracture and fatigue of engineering materials; more than 400 figures; more than 70 chapter examples; more than 160 chapter exercises with solutions available via the Saxe-Coburg Publications web-site.