Structural Mechanics Fundamentals gives you a complete and uniform treatment of the most fundamental and essential topics in structural mechanics‎.‎ Presenting a traditional subject in an updated and modernized way‎,‎ it merges classical topics with ones that have taken shape in more recent times‎,‎ such as duality‎.‎ This book is extensively based on the introductory chapters to the author‎'‎s Structural Mechanics‎:‎ A Unified Approach‎.‎Coverage includes‎:‎ * The basic topics of geometry of areas and of kinematics and statics of rigid body systems * The mechanics of linear elastic solids‎-beams‎,‎ plates‎,‎ and three‎-dimensional solids‎-examined using a matrix approach * The analysis of strain and stress around a material point * The linear elastic constitutive law‎,‎ with related Clapeyron‎'‎s and Betti‎'‎s theorems * Kinematic‎,‎ static‎,‎ and constitutive equations * The implication of the principle of virtual work * The Saint Venant problem * The theory of beam systems‎-statically determinate or indeterminate * Methods of forces and energy for the examination of indeterminate beam systems The book draws on the author‎'‎s many years of teaching experience and features a wealth of illustrations and worked examples to help explain the topics clearly yet rigorously‎.‎ The book can be used as a text for senior undergraduate or graduate students in structural engineering or architecture and as a valuable reference for researchers and practicing engineers‎.‎

• Author‎:‎ Alberto Carpinteri
• Publisher‎:‎ CRC Press
• ISBN‎:‎ 9780415580328