Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Stress and Strain: Important Relationships
Chapter 3. The Behavior of Bodies Under Stress
Chapter 4. Principles and Analytical Methods
Chapter 5. Numerical Methods
Chapter 6. Experimental Methods
Chapter 7. Tension, Compression, Shear, and Combined Stress
Chapter 8. Beams; Flexure of Straight Bars
Chapter 9. Curved Beams
Chapter 10. Torsion
Chapter 11. Flat Plates
Chapter 12. Columns and Other Compression Members
Chapter 13. Shells of Revolution; Pressure Vessels; Pipes
Chapter 14. Bodies under Direct Bearing and Shear Stress
Chapter 15. Elastic Stability
Chapter 16. Dynamic and Temperature Stresses
Chapter 17. Stress Concentration
Chapter 18. Fatigue and Fracture
Chapter 19. Stresses in Fasteners and Joints
Chapter 20. Composite Materials
Chapter 21. Solid Biomechanics
Appendix A. Properties of a Plane Area
Appendix B. Mathematical Formulas and Matrices
Appendix C. Glossary
Index

About the Author

Richard G. Budynas is Professor Emeritus of the Kate Gleason College of Engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology. He has over 40 years experience in teaching and practicing mechanical engineering design. He is the author of a McGraw-Hill textbook, Advanced Strength and Applied Stress Analysis, Second Edition; and co-author of a McGraw-Hill reference book, Roark's Formulas for Stress and Strain, Seventh Edition. He was awarded the BME of Union College, MSME of the University of Rochester, and the Ph.D. of the University of Massachusetts. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in the state of New York.