Modules in Mechanics of Materials

• Preamble to Mechanics Modules
• Tensile Response of Materials
  1. Introduction to Elastic Response
  2. Atomistics of Elasticity
  3. Introduction to Composites
  4. Stress-Strain Curves
• Simple Tensile and Shear Structures
  5. Trusses
  6. Pressure Vessels
  7. Shear and Torsion
• General Concepts of Stress and Strain
  8. Kinematics
  9. Equilibrium
  10. Tensor Transformations
  11. Constitutive Relations
• Bending
  12. Shear and Bending Moment Diagrams
  13. Stresses in Beams
  14. Beam Displacements
  15. Laminated Composite Plates
• General Stress Analysis
  16. Closed-Form Solutions
  17. Experimental Solutions
  18. Finite Element Analysis
  19. Linear Viscoelasticity
• Yield and Fracture
  20. Yield and Plastic Flow
  21. Dislocation Basis of Yield and Creep
  22. Statistics of Fracture
  23. Introduction to Fracture Mechanics
  24. Fatigue
• Appendices
  1. Material Properties
  2. Matrix and Index Notation
  3. List of Symbols
  4. Unit conversion factors
• Software
  1. Mohr's circle (Java applet)
  2. strs3d - Stress Transformations
  3. plate - Laminated Plates

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