Mechanics of Materials, Enhanced 9th edition

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Barry Goodno and James Gere
Publisher: Cengage Learning

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  • Goodno and Gere Mechanics of Materials 9e

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  • Chapter 1: Tension, Compression, and Shear
    • 1.1: Introduction to Mechanics of Materials
    • 1.2: Problem-Solving Approach
    • 1.3: Statics Review
    • 1.4: Normal Stress and Strain
    • 1.5: Mechanical Properties of Materials
    • 1.6: Elasticity, Plasticity, and Creep
    • 1.7: Linear Elasticity, Hooke's Law, and Poisson's Ratio
    • 1.8: Shear Stress and Strain
    • 1.9: Allowable Stresses and Allowable Loads
    • 1.10: Design For Axial Loads and Direct Shear
    • 1: Active Examples
    • 1: Chapter Quiz

  • Chapter 2: Axially Loaded Members
    • 2.1: Introduction
    • 2.2: Changes in Lengths of Axially Loaded Members
    • 2.3: Changes in Lengths under Nonuniform Conditions
    • 2.4: Statically Indeterminate Structures
    • 2.5: Thermal Effects, Misfits, and Prestrains
    • 2.6: Stresses on Inclined Sections
    • 2.7: Strain Energy
    • 2.8: Impact Loading
    • 2.9: Repeated Loading and Fatigue
    • 2.10: Stress Concentrations
    • 2.11: Nonlinear Behavior
    • 2.12: Elastoplastic Analysis
    • 2: Active Examples
    • 2: Chapter Quiz

  • Chapter 3: Torsion
    • 3.1: Introduction
    • 3.2: Torsional Deformations of a Circular Bar
    • 3.3: Circular Bars of Linearly Elastic Materials
    • 3.4: Nonuniform Torsion
    • 3.5: Stresses and Strains in Pure Shear
    • 3.6: Relationship Between Moduli of Elasticity E and G
    • 3.7: Transmission of Power by Circular Shafts
    • 3.8: Statistically Indeterminate Torsional Members
    • 3.9: Strain Energy in Torsion and Pure Shear
    • 3.10: Torsion of Noncircular Prismatic Shafts
    • 3.11: Thin-Walled Tubes
    • 3.12: Stress Concentrations in Torsion
    • 3: Active Examples
    • 3: Chapter Quiz

  • Chapter 4: Shear Forces and Bending Moments
    • 4.1: Introduction
    • 4.2: Types of Beams, Loads, and Reactions
    • 4.3: Shear Forces and Bending Moments
    • 4.4: Relationships Among Loads, Shear Forces, and Bending Moments
    • 4.5: Shear-Force and Bending-Moment Diagrams
    • 4: Active Examples
    • 4: Chapter Quiz

  • Chapter 5: Stresses in Beams (Basic Topics)
    • 5.1: Introduction
    • 5.2: Pure Bending and Nonuniform Bending
    • 5.3: Curvature of a Beam
    • 5.4: Longitudinal Strains in Beams
    • 5.5: Normal Stress in Beams (Linearly Elastic Materials)
    • 5.6: Design of Beams for Bending Stresses
    • 5.7: Nonprismatic Beams
    • 5.8: Shear Stresses in Beams of Rectangular Cross Section
    • 5.9: Shear Stresses in Beams of Circular Cross Section
    • 5.10: Shear Stresses in the Webs of Beams with Flanges
    • 5.11: Built-Up Beams and Shear Flow
    • 5.12: Beams with Axial Loads
    • 5.13: Stress Concentrations in Bending
    • 5: Active Examples
    • 5: Chapter Quiz

  • Chapter 6: Stresses in Beams (Advanced Topics)
    • 6.1: Introduction
    • 6.2: Composite Beams
    • 6.3: Transformed-Section Method
    • 6.4: Doubly Symmetric Beams with Inclined Loads
    • 6.5: Bending of Unsymmetric Beams
    • 6.6: The Shear-Center Concept
    • 6.7: Shear Stresses in Beams of Thin-Walled Open Cross Sections
    • 6.8: Shear Stresses in Wide-Flange Beams
    • 6.9: Shear Centers of Thin-Walled Open Sections
    • 6.10: Elastoplastic Bending
    • 6: Active Examples
    • 6: Chapter Quiz

  • Chapter 7: Analysis of Stress and Strain
    • 7.1: Introduction
    • 7.2: Plane Stress
    • 7.3: Principal Stresses and Maximum Shear Stresses
    • 7.4: Mohr's Circle for Plane Stress
    • 7.5: Hooke's Law for Plane Stress
    • 7.6: Triaxial Stress
    • 7.7: Plane Strain
    • 7: Active Examples
    • 7: Chapter Quiz

  • Chapter 8: Applications of Plane Stress (Pressure Vessels, Beams, and Combined Loadings)
    • 8.1: Introduction
    • 8.2: Spherical Pressure Vessels
    • 8.3: Cylindrical Pressure Vessels
    • 8.4: Maximum Stresses in Beams
    • 8.5: Combined Loadings
    • 8: Active Examples
    • 8: Chapter Quiz

  • Chapter 9: Deflections of Beams
    • 9.1: Introduction
    • 9.2: Differential Equations of the Deflection Curve
    • 9.3: Deflections by Integration of the Bending-Moment Equation
    • 9.4: Deflections by Integration of the Shear-Force and Load Equations
    • 9.5: Method of Superposition
    • 9.6: Moment-Area Method
    • 9.7: Nonprismatic Beams
    • 9.8: Strain Energy of Bending
    • 9.9: Castigliano's Theorem
    • 9.10: Deflections Produced by Impact
    • 9.11: Temperature Effects
    • 9: Active Examples
    • 9: Chapter Quiz

  • Chapter 10: Statically Indeterminate Beams
    • 10.1: Introduction
    • 10.2: Types of Statically Indeterminate Beams
    • 10.3: Analysis by the Differential Equations of the Deflection Curve
    • 10.4: Method of Superposition
    • 10.5: Temperature Effects
    • 10.6: Longitudinal Displacements at the Ends of a Beam
    • 10: Active Examples
    • 10: Chapter Quiz

  • Chapter 11: Columns
    • 11.1: Introduction
    • 11.2: Buckling and Stability
    • 11.3: Columns with Pinned Ends
    • 11.4: Columns with Other Support Conditions
    • 11.5: Columns with Eccentric Axial Loads
    • 11.6: The Secant Formula for Columns
    • 11.7: Elastic and Inelastic Column Behavior
    • 11.8: Inelastic Buckling
    • 11.9: Design Formulas for Columns
    • 11: Active Examples
    • 11: Chapter Quiz

  • Chapter D: Appendix D: Review of Centroids and Moments of Inertia
    • D.1: Centroids of Plane Areas
    • D.2: Centroids of Composite Areas
    • D.3: Moments of Inertia of Plane Areas
    • D.4: Parallel-Axis Theorem for Moments of Inertia
    • D.5: Polar Moments of Inertia
    • D.6: Products of Inertia
    • D.7: Rotation of Axes
    • D.8: Principal Axes and Principal Moments of Inertia
    • D: Active Examples
    • D: Chapter Quiz

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