text for tile various loadirlg conditiorls
5 and applied
encountered. Thus, students are preser~tedat an
early stage with a method of solution that
combines the analysis of deformations with the
conventional analysisic of forces used in statics,
and will have become thorougllly fan~iliarwith
it by the end of the course. The concept nf
plastic deformation is also introduced in Chap.
2, where it is applied to the analysis of members
under axial loading, while problems involving
the plastic deformation o f circular shaRs and of
prismatic beams are considered in optional
sections of Chaps. 3 and 4, respectively. On the
other hand, while the concept of stress at a point
is introduced in Chap. 1 , the discussion of
the Wdnsfomation of stresses is delayed until
Chap. 7 , afier sl~rdenlshave discovered Lor
thctnsclves the need fur special techniques,
such as Mohr's circlc. In this cdition, shear
and be~~ding-momer~t diagrams are introduced
at the beginning of Chap.
irnmediatcly to tbc design of bcatns in that
cl1aptc.r and in thc ncxt.
A bricf description, chapter by chapter,
of the topics includcd in the text will be found
in the following pagcs. It is hopcd that this
material will help instructors organize their
courses to best fit the needs of heir students.
The authors of ~WechnnicsufdUulerids,
4 h , wish to thank Professor Ucan P. Updike of
the Department o f Mechanical Engineering and
Mechanics at Lehigh University for having
written the problem solutions contained in this
Manual.
E. RusseII Johnston, Jr.
John T. DcJ.Yolf'