The Mechanics of Engineering Structures

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Technology, Engineering, Mechanical
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Author: David W A Rees ISBN: 9781783264032
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company Publication: November 20, 2014
Imprint: ICP Language: English
Author: David W A Rees
ISBN: 9781783264032
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Publication: November 20, 2014
Imprint: ICP
Language: English

Engineering structures considered include bars, columns, struts, tubes, vessels, beams, springs and frames. The loadings imposed upon them are, typically, tension, compression and shear, bending, torsion and pressure, separately and in combination. The mechanics of such structures examine the manner in which they each bear their respective loading in a safe predictable way. This aids design considerations upon choice of material and its physical shape when seeking, say, a safe design with low weight.

The presentation of chapters is intended to guide the reader from a basic to more advanced understanding of common engineering structures. Thus, the consideration of stress and strain under elastic and plastic conditions is required for a full understanding of a structure that may bend, twist and buckle as it is deflected by its loading. The approach adopted is to intersperse theory with examples and exercises that emphasise practical application. Standard analytical techniques including stress transformation, energy methods and yield criteria precede a final chapter on finite element analysis.

Worked examples and exercises have been devised and compiled by the author to support the topics within each chapter. Some have been derived, with a conversion to SI units, from past examination papers set by institutions with which the author has been associated, namely: Brunel, Kingston and Surrey Universities and the Council of Engineering Institutions.

The contents should serve most courses in mechanical, civil, aeronautical and materials engineering.

Contents:

  • Historical Overview
  • Properties of Areas
  • Static Equilibrium
  • Basic Stress and Strain
  • Linear Elasticity
  • Bending and Shear in Beams
  • Slope and Deflection of Beams
  • Theories of Torsion
  • Buckling of Struts
  • Buckling of Plates and Tubes
  • Energy Methods
  • Plane Stress and Strain
  • Yield, Strength and Failure Criteria
  • Finite Elements

Readership: Undergraduate and postgraduate engineering students from intermediary to advanced levels.

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Engineering structures considered include bars, columns, struts, tubes, vessels, beams, springs and frames. The loadings imposed upon them are, typically, tension, compression and shear, bending, torsion and pressure, separately and in combination. The mechanics of such structures examine the manner in which they each bear their respective loading in a safe predictable way. This aids design considerations upon choice of material and its physical shape when seeking, say, a safe design with low weight.

The presentation of chapters is intended to guide the reader from a basic to more advanced understanding of common engineering structures. Thus, the consideration of stress and strain under elastic and plastic conditions is required for a full understanding of a structure that may bend, twist and buckle as it is deflected by its loading. The approach adopted is to intersperse theory with examples and exercises that emphasise practical application. Standard analytical techniques including stress transformation, energy methods and yield criteria precede a final chapter on finite element analysis.

Worked examples and exercises have been devised and compiled by the author to support the topics within each chapter. Some have been derived, with a conversion to SI units, from past examination papers set by institutions with which the author has been associated, namely: Brunel, Kingston and Surrey Universities and the Council of Engineering Institutions.

The contents should serve most courses in mechanical, civil, aeronautical and materials engineering.

Contents:

Readership: Undergraduate and postgraduate engineering students from intermediary to advanced levels.

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