Publisher's Synopsis
This book brings into focus the basic principles and concepts of stress analysis. Consideration is given to the difficulties experienced by certain engineering students in grasping the mathematics of their subject, which causes problems in handling stress analysis solutions.;Numerous worked examples explain the concepts of elementary stress and structural analysis and most chapters contain a section of examples applicable to every-day practice, such that the reader can consolidate the skills acquired from the text. There are more illustrations than is usual in this type of publication.