A book covering various aspects of strength of materials. The topics covered are succinct and with basic definitions and requisite mathematics. Each chapter has a set of "Check Questions" in the end.The book was translated from the Russian by M. Konyaeva and was published by Mir in 1978 (second print).ContentsIntroduction. 131. Science of Strength of Materials. Concepts of Deformation and of an Elastic Body 13 2. Classification of External Forces 163. Basic Types of Deformation 174. Method of Sections. Stress 195. Check Questions 22Chapter II. Tension and Compression 236. Longitudinal Strain. Stress. Hooke’s Law 237. Lateral Strain in Tension and Compression 278. Experimental Study of Materials in Tension 299. Tension Test Diagram and Its Characteristic Points 3110. Strain Hardening 3811. Strain Energy in Tension 4012. Compression Testing 4213. Haraness 4314. Check Questions 45Chapter III. Strength Design for Tension and Compression 4715. Allowable Stress and Selection of Sections 4716. Effect of Gravity in Tension and Compression 5417. Stepped Rod 5718 Statically Indeterminate Problems in Tension and Compression 6019. Stresses Due to Temperature Changes 6520. Design of Statically Indeterminate Systems Based on Allowable Loads, and Limit Design 6821. Check Questions 74Chapter IV. Combined Stresses22. Stresses on Inclined Sections Under Axial Tension or Compression 23. Concept of Principal Stresses24. Stresses on Inclined Sections Under Tension (Compression) in Two Mutually Perpendicular Directions 79 25. Determination of Principal Stresses 8126. Strains Under Tension or Compression in Two Mutually Perpendi­cular Directions. Strain Energy 84 27. Strength Theories  87 28. Design of Thin-Walled Vessels 94 29. Check Questions 98Chapter V. Shear 9930. Concept of Shear. Stresses in Shear. Hooke’s Law in Shear 9931. Pure Shear in a Rod Subjected to Tension and Compression in Two Mutually Perpendicular D irections 10132. Relation Between Moduli of Elasticity E and G 10233. Allowable Stress in Shear 10434. Crushing  10635. Examples of Design for Shear andCrushing. 10736. Design of Welded Joints  11137. Check Questions. 114Chapter VI. Torsion 11638. Construction of Twisting Moment Diagrams. Relation Between Torque. Power and Number of Revolutions 116 39. Determination of Stresses and Strains in a Circular Bar Subjected to Torsion 121 40. Polar Moment of Inertia and Section Modulus of a Circle and a Cir­cular Ring 126 41. Design Equations in Torsion 128 42. Elements of Design of Bars of Rectangular Section for Torsional Loads  136 43. Potential Energy in Torsion 139 44. Design of Closely Coiled Helical Springs 140 45. Design of Shafts Based on Allowable Loads 142 46. Check Questions 144Chapter VII. Static Moments, Centroids and Moments of Inertia of Plane Figures 14547. Static Moments of Plane Figures 145 48. Moments of Inertia of Plane Figures 148 49. Transformation Formulas for Moments of Inertia in the Case of Pa­rallel Transfer of Axes  149  50. Moments of Inertia of Some Simple Figures 151 51. Determination of Moments of Inertia of Figures Composed of Simple Figures  155 52. Transformation Formulas for Moments of Inertia in the Case of Rotation of Axes 157 53. Concept of Principal Axes of Inertia and Determination of Their Position 160 54. Determination of Principal Moments of Inertia 16355. Check Questions 167Chapter VIII. Bending of a Straight Rod, Bending Moment and Shearing Force 16856. General Considerations 16857 Supports and Reactions at Supports of Beams 17158. Determination of Reactions at Supports of Beam 17359 Shearing Force and Bending Moment 17660. Relations Between Load Intensity, Shearing Force and Bending Moment 17861. Construction of Bending Moment and Shearing Force Diagram? 17962. Check Questions 197Chapter IX. Stresses in Bending and Design of Beams for Strength 19863. Determination of Normal Stresses in Bending 19864. Section Moduli for Common Sections 19865. Design Flexure Formulas. Examples of Designing Beams 20466. Shearing Stresses in a Beam of Rectangular Section. Jourawski’s Formula 21167. Shearing Stresses in an I-Beam 21668. Verification of the Strength of a Beam on the Basis of Principal Stresses 21869. Design of Beams Based on Allowable Loads, and Limit Design 22170. Check Questions  224Chapter X The Elastic Curve of a Beam 22671. The Elastic Curve of a Beam 226 72 Derivation of the Generalized Equation of the Elastic Curve 23073. Special Cases of Determining Displacements of Beams from the Ge­neralized Equation of the Elastic Curve 233 74. Mohr’s Method and Vereshchagin’s Rule 241 75. Beams of Uniform Resistance to Bending 246 76. Check Questions 252Chapter XI. Statically Indeterminate Beams 25377. Concept of Statically Indeterminate Beams 25378. A Beam Fixed at One End and Simply Supported at the Other 25379. A Beam with Both Ends Fixed 25980. A Beam on Three Supports 26381. Check Questions 268Chapter XII Complex Resistance  26982. Oblique Bending  269 83. Bending Combined with Tension or Compression 276 84. Eccentric Compression  278 85. The General Case of Eccentric Compression or Tension. 279 86. Concept of Core of Section. 282 87. Combined Bending and Torsion. 284 88. Combined Torsion and Tension or Compression 290 89. Check Questions 291Chapter XIII. Buckling 29290. Concept of Buckling. 292 91. Euler’s Formulas 294 92. Limitations of Euler’s Formulae able for Column Design 298 93. Examples of Design for Buckling Strength. 30094. Check Questions. 306Chapter XIV. Strength Under Dynamic and Repeated Loading 307 95. Concepts of Dynamic and Repeated Loading 30797. The Stress and Strain in a Rod Subjected to Impact Loading 30896. Design of a Uniformly 31098. Impact Testing of Metals 31399. Fatigue of Metals 314100. Fatigue Testing of Materials 317101. Endurance Limit for Fluctuating Stress Cycle 320102. Effect of Overall Dimensions of Parts on Endurance Limit 321 103. Strength Design for Completely Reversed Stresses 323 104. Determination of Factor of Safety in the Case of Fluctuating Stresses 326 105. Construction of Approximate Fatigue Strength Diagram and Deter­mination of Factor of Safety from It 328106. Determination of Factor of Safety in the Case of Combined Varying 336 Stresses 336 107. Examples of Design for Varying Stresses 336108. Improvement of Fatigue Strength 338109. Check Questions 341Appendices 343Index 356