Strength of Materials

Over the last two decades, this book has become a students' companion due to its comprehensive coverage, student-friendly approach and the all-steps-explained style. This has made it the best-selling book among all the books on the subject. The author's zeal of presenting the text in line with the syllabuses has resulted in the edition at hand, which continues its run with all its salient features as earlier. Thus, it takes care of all the syllabuses on the subject and fully satisfies the needs of engineering students.

New in this Edition

• Overhaul of the text to match the changes in various syllabii

• Additional topics and chapters for the benefit of mechanical engineers, like

>Stresses and strains in two- and three-dimensional systems, and Hooke's law
> Euler's buckling load and secant formula
> Deflection of determinate beams using moment area and conjugate beam methods
> Deflection of beams and rigid frames by energy methods

• Redrawing of some diagrams