Mechanics of Materials

This book makes one of the subject dreaded by Mechanical and Civil engineering students an enjoyable one. The theory is explained in a straightforward manner, the figures are there to supplement the text explanations, and the example problems help clarify many of the theoretical aspects. The spreadsheet applications not only add more understanding to the subject of Mechanics of Material, but also enhance students' knowledge in numerical analysis and programming. -Amara Loulizi, Universite de Tunis El Manar, Ecole Nationale d'ingenieur de Tunis This book is an excellent resource for undergraduate engineering students, which provides adequate theoretical backgrounds and illustrative examples. It can be adopted as a textbook for undergraduate engineering students for teaching them the fundamental concepts of Mechanics and Materials. -City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong A distinguishing and very helpful feature of this textbook is that in addition to the printed textbook and the companion solutions manual, the authors provide an electronic enhancement component, which includes a chapter on the use of Microsoft(R) Excel spreadsheet in mechanics of materials applications, a companion CD with a multimedia-enhanced electronic version of some of the main concepts in the textbook, a textbook web site, and model PowerPoint presentations. -Mahmoud Farag, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, The American University in Cairo, Egypt At an early stage of undergraduate education, it is important to educate and motivate students to use computers for scientific calculations. This book is a useful source for students who would like to take this path by using one of the most common and user-friendly software, Excel. Starting from basic strength of materials computations will allow them to make a smooth transition to the fascinating world of computational mechanics -Erkan Oterkus, University of Strathclyde