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Mechanics of Materials
Train on Mechanics of Materials with 315 published problems. Preview a problem, explore the course outline, and work through one problem at a time.
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Course topics
Course topics
Stress, strain, constitutive response, and safety factors
Axial loading and torsion
Beam bending and transverse shear
Deflection and strain-energy methods
Stress transformation and combined loading
Column buckling and failure criteria
Practice problems
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- A solid circular steel hanger rod 18 mm in diameter supports a suspended inspection… Free with an accountStress, strain, constitutive response, and safety factors
- A timber floor beam is hung from a pair of identical 12-mm-diameter A36 steel rods, one… Free with an accountStress, strain, constitutive response, and safety factors
- A steel rod of length intended to be 1.000 m is mistakenly fabricated 1.20 mm too long Axial loading and torsion
- A rigid arm is fixed to the free ends of two parallel, initially unstressed circular… Axial loading and torsion
- A simply supported beam of length 6.0 m carries a downward triangular distributed load… Beam bending and transverse shear
- Two candidate steel sections are available for a 3.8 m simply supported beam carrying a… Beam bending and transverse shear
- Three 20 mm × 100 mm plywood strips are glued to form an I-section: one strip as the… Deflection and strain-energy methods
- Mohr’s circle for a plane-stress state is centered at (σ_avg, 0) = (22 ksi, 0) and has… Deflection and strain-energy methods
- A prismatic aluminum cantilever is fixed at A and free at B, with AB = 3.20 m Stress transformation and combined loading
- A curved beam subtending 120° has a trapezoidal cross section: inner (concave) width bᵢ… Column buckling and failure criteria