Schaum's Outline of Strength of Materials, 2011 Edition

Schaum's Outline of Strength of Materials, 2011 Edition

This fifth edition of Schaum’s Strength of Materials book has been substantially modified by the second
author to better fit the outline of the introductory Strength of Materials (Solid Mechanics) course, and to
better fit the presentation of material in most introductory textbooks on the subject. In addition, the following
changes have been made:
1. Problem solutions and Supplementary Problems are presented using the metric SI units only.
2. The computer programs have been omitted. The use of MATLAB or other programs are available to
students if more complicated problems are of interest.
3. The more advanced materials and problems that are not found in an introductory course have been
omitted for simplicity of presentation. This book is intended to be used in an introductory course only.
4. A short chapter on Fatigue, a subject included on the Fundamentals of Engineering Examination,
has been added. It is a modified chapter, based on a section on Fatigue written by my friend and
previous colleague, Charlie Muvdi, from “Engineering Mechanics of Materials,” by B. B. Muvdi
and J. W. McNabb.
5. A section on Combined Loading has been added.
6. The chapter on Centroids and Moments of Inertia has been omitted; it is assumed to have been part of
a Statics course that precedes Solid Mechanics.
Strength of Materials, also called The Mechanics of Materials or Solid Mechanics, provides the basis
for the design of the components that make up machines and load-bearing structures. In Statics, the forces
and moments acting at various points in a structural component or at points of contact with other structures
were determined. The forces, stresses, and strains existing within a component were not of interest. In Solid
Mechanics, we will consider questions like, “What load will cause this structure to fail?”, “What maximum
torque can this shaft transmit?”, “What material should be selected for this component?”, “At what load
will this column buckle?” Such questions were not of interest in a Statics course. But, before any of these
questions can be answered, we must calculate the forces and moments acting on the components that make
up a structure or machine. So, Statics always precedes the study of Strength of Materials. Sometimes Statics
is combined with Strength of Materials in one course since they are so closely related.

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