Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Mechanical Properties of Materials (Stress-Strain Diagram)
• Simple Stresses and Strains
• Stresses and Strains in Bars of Varying Sections
• Stresses and Strains in Statically Indeterminate Structures
• Thermal Stresses and Strains
• Elastic Constants
• Principal Stresses and Strains
• Strain Energy and Impact Loading
• Centre of Gravity
• Moment of Inertia
• Analysis of Perfect Frames (Analytical Method)
• Bending Moment and Shear Force
• Bending Stresses in Simple Beams
• Bending Stresses in Composite Beams
• Shearing Stresses in Beams
• Direct and Bending Stresses
• Deflection of Beams
• Deflection of Cantilevers
• Deflection by Moment Area Method
• Torsion of Circular Shafts
• Springs
• Thin Cylindrical and Spherical Shells
• Thick Cylindrical and Spherical Shells
• Columns and Struts
• Propped Cantilevers and Beams
• Fixed Beams
• Theorem of Three Moments
• Strain Energy & Deflection Due to Bending & Shear (and Castigliano's Theorem)
• Bending of Curved Bars
• Theories of Failure
• Testing of Materials
Appendix
Index

Textbook of Strength of Materials is written keeping in mind the requirements of the Students of Degree, Diploma and A.M.I.E. (I) classes. The objective of this book is to present the subject matter in a most concise, compact, to-the-point and lucid manner. All along the approach to the subject matter, every care has been taken to arrange matter from simpler to harder, known to unknown with full details and illustrations. A large number of worked examples, mostly examination questions of Indian as well as foreign universities and professional examining bodies, have been given and graded in a systematic manner and logical sequence, to assist the students to understand the text of the subject. At the end of each chapter, a few exercises have been added, for the students, to solve them independently. Answers to these problems have been provided.