Mechanics of Materials ─ With Applications in Excel

Based on the authors’ extensive experience teaching undergraduate and graduate courses, this textbook covers mechanics of materials in a way that is simple enough for beginners yet comprehensive and practical enough for professionals. In addition to discussing typical items needed in undergraduate courses, the text covers areas that make this book useful to practicing engineers. It provides a companion website with a collection of editable MS Excel spreadsheets representing all the examples presented in the textbook, multimedia simulations of concepts for ease of understanding, PowerPoint lecture slides, and a solutions manual.

Bichara B. Muvdi is a professor emeritus of the Department of Civil Engineering and Construction at Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois, USA. He received his B.M.E. and M.M.E. from Syracuse University, New York, USA, and his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA.

Souhail Elhouar is a professor and the chairman of the Department of Civil Engineering and Construction at Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois, USA. He received his B.Sc. from the National Engineering School of Tunis, University of Tunis - El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia, and his M.Sc. and Ph.D. from the University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, USA.