TY - BOOK AU - Allen,James H. TI - Mechanics of materials for dummies T2 - --For dummies SN - 9780470942734 AV - TA404.8 .A45 2011 U1 - 620.1/123 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Hoboken, NJ PB - Wiley KW - Materials KW - Mechanical properties KW - Strength of materials KW - fast KW - Festigkeitslehre KW - gnd KW - sears KW - General Engineering KW - cct N1 - Includes index; Setting the stage for mechanics of materials -- Analyzing stress -- Investigating strain -- Applying stress and strain -- The part of tens N2 - Provides plain-English explanations of all the topics you'll encounter in a typical undergraduate course, including principles of equilibrium, geometric compatibility, and material behavior; stress and its relation to force and movement; strain and its relation to displacement; and methods for calculating deformations and indeterminate systems ER -