Structural Mechanics Fundamentals

This book 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, this book merges classical topics with ones that have taken shape in more recent times, such as duality:



* geometry of areas


* kinematics and statics of rigid body systems


* determination of constraint reactions


* internal beam reactions


* statically determinate beam systems


* analysis of strain and stress


* theory of elasticity


* the Saint Venant problem


* beams and plates in flexure


* statically indeterminate beam systems: method of forces


* energy methods for the solution of beam systems.
It can be used as a text for final year undergraduate or graduate students in structural engineering or even by some architecture students and also serves as a useful reference for practising engineers and researchers.

Alberto Carpinteri is Professor of Structural Mechanics at the Politecnico di Torino, Italy. Among his many awards he is Part President of the European Structural Integrity Society and of the International Association of Fracture Mechanics for Concrete and Concrete Structures; a Member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and of the Member of the American Academy of Mechanics; Recipient of RILEM's Robert l'Hermite Medal, and of the JSME Medal of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers.

1. Introduction 2. Geometry of Areas 3. Kinematics and Statics of Rigid Body Systems 4. Determination of Constraint Reactions 5. Internal Beam Reactions 6. Statically Determinate Beam Systems 7. Analysis of Strain and Stress 8. Theory of Elasticity 9. The Saint Venant Problem 10. Beams and Plates in Flexure 11. Statically Indeterminate Beam Systems: Method of Forces 12. Energy Methods for the Solution of Beam Systems Appendices A. Calculation of the Internal Reactions in a Circular Arch Subjected to a Radial Hydrostatic Load B. Calculation of the Internal Reactions in a Circular Arch Subjected to a Uniformly Distributed Vertical Load C. Anisotropic Material D. Heterogeneous Beam E. Heterogeneous Plate F. Finite Difference Method G. Torsion of Multiply-Connected Thin-Walled Cross-Sections