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.‎