Muvdi, Bichara B.

Mechanics of materials : with applications in Excel / Bichara B. Muvdi, Souhail Elhouar. - Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, c2016. - xv, 707 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Axial loads -- Torsional loads -- Bending loads: stresses -- Bending loads: additional stress topics -- Bending loads: deflection under symmetric loading -- Bending loads: additional deflection topics -- Analysis of stress -- Analysis of strain -- Columns -- Excel spreadsheet application -- Answer to even-numbered problems -- Appendix A: SI units -- Appendix B: Selected references -- Appendix C: Properties of plane areas -- Appendix D: Typical physical and mechanical properties of selected materials (U.S units and SI units) -- Appendix E -- Appendix F: Design properties for selected structural wood sections (U.S units and SI units) -- Appendix G: Beam slopes and deflection for selected structural wood sections (U.S units and SI units) -- Appendix H: Two- dimensional supports and connections -- Index.

"Mechanics of materials with applications in Excel covers the fundamentals of the mechanics-- or strength -- of materials in an easily understandable way, incorporating numerous examples, homework problems, and review problems to ensure comprehension. It also instills practical skills for developing Microsoft excel applications to solve mechanics of materials problems using numerical techniques. The book includes editable excel spreadsheets representing all the examples featured in the text, Power point lecture slides, multimedia simulations, graphic files, access to a companion website, and a solutions manual with qualifying course adoption."--Back cover.

9781466570719

2015016936


Materials--Mechanical properties
Materials--Data processing
Microsoft Excel (Computer file)

TA405 / M98 2016