A Textbook of Strength of Materials (Mechanics of Solids) SI Units

• 21 succinctly written chapters which encompass all basic concepts along with 11 Material Testing Experiments.
• More than 1850 examples, figures, tables and chapter-end highlights aid to the concepts explained.
• Close to 800 chapter-end questions, University Questions, GATE & UPSC Examination Questions and 11 Material Testing Experiments (with precautions) for practice.
• Free on the Website: Chapter on "Riveted and Welded Joints".

1. Simple Stresses and Strains, 2. Principal Stresses and Strains, 3. Bending Moments and Shearing Forces, 4. Bending Stresses in Beams, 5. Combined Direct and Bending Stresses, 6. Shearing Stresses, 8. Fixed and Continuous Beams, 9. Thin Shells, 11. Torsion of Circular and Non-circular Shafts, 12. Springs, 13. Strain Energy and Deflection Due to Shear and Bending, 14. Columns and Struts, 15. Theories of Failure, 16. Stresses Due to Rotation, 17. Bending of Curved Bars, 18. Centroid and Moment of Inertia, 19. Unsymmetrical Bending and Shear Centre, 20. Analysis of the Framed Structures, 21. Material Testing, 22. Universities' Questions (Latest-Selected) With Answers/Solutions, 23. GATE and UPSC Examinations' Questions (Latest-Selected) with Answers/Solutions • Appendix: Centroid and Moment of Inertia- Important Formulae • Index