and
Applied Elasticity
Fourth Edition
ANSEL C. UGURAL
New Jersey Institute of Technology
SAUL K. FENSTER
New Jersey Institute of Technology
PRENTICE HALL
Professional Technical Reference
Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458
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Ugural, A. C.
Advanced strength and applied elasticity/Ansel C. Ugural, Saul K.
Fenster.—4th ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-13-047392-8
1. Strength of materials. 2. Elasticity. I. Fenster, Saul K. II. Title.
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, Contents
Preface to the Fourth Edition ix
List of Symbols xiii
Chapter 1 Analysis of Stress 1
1.1 Introduction 1
1.2 Scope of Treatment 2
1.3 Definition of Stress 4
1.4 Components of Stress: Stress Tensor 5
1.5 Some Special Cases of Stress 8
1.6 Internal Force-Resultant and Stress Relations 9
1.7 Stresses on Inclined Planes in an Axially Loaded Member 11
1.8 Variation of Stress within a Body 14
1.9 Two-Dimensional Stress at a Point 17
1.10 Principal Stresses and Maximum Shear Stress in Two Dimensions 19
1.11 Mohr’s Circle for Two-Dimensional Stress 20
1.12 Three-Dimensional Stress at a Point 26
1.13 Principal Stresses in Three Dimensions 29
1.14 Normal and Shear Stresses on an Oblique Plane 32
1.15 Mohr’s Circle for Three-Dimensional Stress 34
1.16 Boundary Conditions in Terms of Surface Forces 37
Problems 38
Chapter 2 Strain and Stress–Strain Relations 51
2.1 Introduction 51
2.2 Deformation 51
2.3 Strain Defined 52
2.4 Equations of Compatibility 56
2.5 State of Strain at a Point 57
2.6 Engineering Materials 63
2.7 Stress–Strain Diagrams 64
2.8 Hooke’s Law and Poisson’s Ratio 66
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