PREFACE OF SECOND EDITION PREFACE OF FRIST EDITION TO READERS OF FRIST EDITION Ⅰ INTRODUCTION 1.1 Task and Object of Study in Mechanics of Materials 1.2 Fundamental Assumptions and Analysis Methods 1.3 Internal Forces and Method of Section Problems II INTERNAL FORCES AND THEIR DIAGRAMS 2.1 Types of Beams 2.2 Shear Force Q, Bending Moment M and Their Diagrams 2.3 Relationships between q, Q and M 2.4 Axial Force N, Twisting Torque T and Their Diagrams Problems III STRESS, STRAIN AND THEIR MEASUREMENT (I) 3.1 Concept of Stress and Strain 3.2 Stress-Strain Relationship of Ductile and Brittle Materials 3.3 Linear Elasticity, Hooke's Law 3.4 Allowable Stress, Safety Factor and Strength Condition Problems IV PROPERTIES OF PLANE AREAS 4.1 Centroid and Static Moment 4.2 Moment of Inertia 4.3 Product of Inertia 4.4 Parallel Axis Formulas 4.5 Rotation Axes Formulas and Principal Axes Problems V STRESS AND STRENGTH ANALYSIS BASED ON NORMA STRESS 5.1 Normal Stresses at Cross Section in Beams Due to Bending Moment 5.2 Strength Condition Based on Normal Stress 5.3 Combined Bending with Axial Load 5.4 Skew Bending 5.5 Pure Bending for Beams with Nonsymmetricai Cross Sections Problems VI STRESS AND STRENGTH ANALYSIS BASED ON SHEAR STRESS 6.1 Shear Stresses in Thin-Walled Tube 6.2 Shear Stresses in Torsion of Circular Shafts 6.3 Strength Condition in Torsion 6.4 Shear Stresses in Beams Due to Lateral Loads 6.5 Other Shear Problems Problems VII DEFORMATIONS AND STIFFNESS ANALYSIS 7.1 Differential Equations of Deflection Curve in Beams 7.2 Method of Superposition 7.3 Finite Difference Method 7.4 Deflection of Axially Loaded Bars 7.5 Torsional Deformations of Circular Shafts 7.6 Stiffness Condition Problems VIII STRESS AND STRENGTH ANALYSIS FOR GENERAL CASE IX STRESS,STRAIN AND THEIR MEASUREMENT(II) X METHOD OF ENERGY XI STATICALLY INDETERMINATE PROBLEMS XII STABILITY OF COLUMNS XIII FATIGUE STRENGTI XIV STRENGTH ANALYSIS FOR LIMITING STATE XV STRENGTH ANALYSIS FOR CRACKED BODY APPENDIX A APPENDIX B ANSWERS TO SELECTED PROBLEMS