Mechanics of Materials

A Modern Integration of Mechanics and Materials in Structural Design

Christopher Jenkins, Sanjeev Khanna

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2005
• Print ISBN:
  9780123838520
• eBook ISBN:
  9780080470634
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Materials Science
• Index: Technology & Engineering

This book is the first to bridge the often disparate bodies of knowledge now known as applied mechanics and materials science. Using a very methodological process to introduce mechanics, materials, and design issues in a manner called "total structural design", this book seeks a solution in "total design space" Features include:* A generalized design template for solving structural design problems.* Every chapter first introduces mechanics concepts through deformation, equilibrium, and energy considerations. Then the constitutive nature of the chapter topic is presented, followed by a link between mechanics and materials concepts. Details of analysis and materials selection are subsequently discussed. * A concluding example design problem is provided in most chapters, so that students may get a sense of how mechanics and materials come together in the design of a real structure. * Exercises are provided that are germane to aerospace, civil, and mechanical engineering applications, and include both deterministic and design-type problems.* Accompanying website contains a wealth of information complementary to this text, including a set of virtual labs. Separate site areas are available for the instructor and students. - Combines theories of solid mechanics, materials science and structural design in one coherent text/reference - Covers physical scales from the atomistic to continuum mechanics - Offers a generalized structural design template

Table of contents

• Front cover
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Table of contents
• front matter
• Preface
• About the Authors
• First chapter
• 1 Mechanics and Materials
• 2 Total Structural Design
• 3 Design of Axial Structures
• 4 Torsion Structures
• 5 Flexural Structures
• 6 Combined Static Loading
• 7 Fracture
• 8 Slender Compressive Axial Structures
• 9 Materials for the Twenty-First Century
• back matter
• Appendix 1: Material Properties
• Appendix 2: Section Properties
• Appendix 3: Material Property Charts
• Review Module R1: Fundamental Materials Science Concepts
• Review Module R2: Systems of Units
• Review Module R3: Free-Body Diagrams
• Review Module R4: Matrix Algebra
• Answers to Selected Problems
• Index