MECHANICS

OF
STRUCTURES VOL. I
[ S TR ENG TH O F M ATER I AL S ]

By
Dr. H. J. Shah, S. B. Junnarkar

Edition : 32nd Edition : 2016

ISBN : 9789385039270
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ABOUT THE BOOK CONTENT

This standard text-book along with its companion Vol. II is designed to cover the complete 1 : SIMPLE STRESS
syllabi of the subjects of Strength of Materials and Theory and Analysis of Structures. 2 : SIMPLE STRAIN
The outline of the book is: 3 : STATICALLY INDETERMINATE MEMBERS
4 : THERMAL STRESSES AND STRAINS
Chapters 1 to 8 consist the study of Stresses and Strains
5 : STRESSES ON INCLINED PLANES
Chapters 9 and 24 discuss the Testing of Materials
6 : COMBINED STRESSES
Chapters 10 and 11 Shear Forces and Bending Moments 7 : MOHR’S CIRCLE METHOD
Chapters 12 and 13 Properties of Lines and Areas 8 : IMPACT OR SHOCK LOADING: STRAIN-ENERGY
9 : TESTING OF MATERIALS – I
Chapters 14 and 15 Stresses in Beams
10 : SHEAR FORCES AND BENDING MOMENTS – I
Chapters 16 and 17 Deflections
11 : SHEAR FORCES AND BENDING MOMENTS – II
Chapters 18 and 19 Analysis of Fixed and Continuous Beams 12 : CENTROIDS OF LINES AND AREAS
Chapters 20 and 21 Composite and Reinforced Concrete Beams 13 : AREA MOMENTS OF INERTIA
Chapters 22 Direct and Bending Stresses and Chapter 23 Torsion 14 : BENDING STRESSES IN BEAMS
15 : SHEAR STRESSES IN BEAMS
Chapters 25 Columns and Struts of Uniform Section
16 : DEFLECTIONS I
Chapters 26 Cylindrical and Spherical Shells 17 : DEFLECTIONS II
Chapters 27 and 28 Riveted, Bolted and Welded Joints 18 : FIXED BEAMS
Chapters 29, 30 and 31 consist of special topics such as Shear Centre, Unsymmetrical Bending 19 : CONTINUOUS BEAMS
and Bending Stresses in Curved Bars. 20 : COMPOSITE BEAMS
21 : REINFORCED CONCRETE BEAMS
The book within its 971 + 20 pages, it now comprise the following:
22 : DIRECT AND BENDING STRESSES
* 900 Neatly drawn figures
23 : SHAFTS AND SPRINGS IN TORSION
* 600 Fully illustrated solved examples 24 : TESTING OF MATERIALS – II
* 715 Unsolved examples with answers at the end of chapters 25 : COLUMNS AND STRUTS OF UNIFORM SECTION
* 33 Useful tables 26 : RADIAL PRESSURE
– CYLINDRICAL AND SPHERICAL SHELLS
It is hoped that this edition should prove extremely useful to students of Engineering reading
27 : RIVETED AND BOLTED JOINTS
for Degree Examinations of all the Universities of India, Diploma Examinations conducted
by various Boards of Technical Education, Certificate Courses, as well as for the U.P.S.C., 28 : WELDED JOINTS
G.A.T.E., A.M.I.E., I.E.S and other similar competitive and professional examinations. It should 29 : SHEAR CENTRE
also prove of great interest and practical use to the practising engineers. 30 : UNSYMMETRICAL BENDING
31 : BENDING STRESSES IN CURVED BARS
INDEX

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Chapter 1 SIMPLE STRESS Chapter 6 COMBINED STRESSES
1-1. Introduction to Mechanics of deformable bodies 6-1. Introduction
1-2. Loading a bar 6-2. Stress components
1-3. Principle of superposition 6-3. Element subjected to general plane stress system
1-4. Classification of loaded bar 6-4. Principal planes and principal stresses
1-5. Gradual, sudden, impact and shock loading 6-5. Planes carrying maximum shear stress
1-6. Tension and compression 6-6. Element subjected to principal stresses
1-7. Resistance of an axially loaded bar Examples VI
1-8. Concept of a stress
1-9. Normal stresses Chapter 7 MOHR’S CIRCLE METHOD
1-10. Simple stress 7-1. Mohr’s circle method
1-11. Design of an axially loaded member Sign conventions
1-12. Non-prismatic bars Rules and construction
1-13. Axial force diagram Examples VII
1-14. Rotating rings Chapter 8 IMPACT OR SHOCK LOADING: STRAIN-ENERGY
1-15 Shear
8-1. Introductory
1-16. Shear stress
Axial Loading
1-17. Pure shear
8-2. Strain-Energy: Resistance-deformation diagram
1-18. Bearing stress
8-3. Gradual, sudden, impact and shock loading
Examples I
8-4. Limitations
Chapter 2 SIMPLE STRAIN Shear Loading
2-1 Introduction 8-5. Shear Resilience
2-2. Linear strain 8-6. Strain-energy in terms of principal stresses
2-3. Shear strain 8-7. Relation between the elastic moduli
2-4. Elasticity
8-8. Criteria for design
2-5. Hooke’s law
Examples VIII
2-6. Axial and shear deformations
2-7. Bars of varying section Chapter 9 TESTING OF MATERIALS – I
2-8. Bars of uniformly varying cross-section 9-1. Introduction
2-9. A bar subjected to self-weight 9-2. Metals and alloys
2-10. Bar of uniform strength 9-3. Testing machines
2-11. Bars subjected to uniformly varying loads Tension Tests
2-12. Pin-jointed determinate frames 9-4. The complete tensile test
2-13. Lateral strain: Poisson’s ratio 9-5. Stress–strain diagram
2-14. Biaxial and triaxial deformations 9-6. Physical properties of materials
Examples II 9-7. Modulus of elasticity
Chapter 3 STATICALLY INDETERMINATE MEMBERS 9-8. Yield point by the offset method: Proof stress
3-1. Introduction 9-9. Secant modulus
3-2. Composite bars 9-10. Specific modulus of elasticity
3-3. Equivalent modulus of a composite bar 9-11. Resilience
3-4. Pin-jointed bars 9-12. Toughness
3-5. Stresses due to lack of fit Compression tests
Examples III 9-13. The compression test
Chapter 4 THERMAL STRESSES AND STRAINS 9-14. Compression tests on wood and concrete
4-1. Introduction 9-15. Permissible stress: Factor of safety
4-2. General Stress concentration
4-3. Coefficient of linear expansion 9-16. Stress concentration
4-4. Stresses due to changes of temperature 9-17. Stress concentration factor
4-5. Compound bar 9-18. Importance of stress concentration under different loads
4-6. Composite bar 9-19. Elastoplastic materials: Limit design
4-7. Bars of uniformly varying cross-section Examples IX
4-8. Shrinking-on Chapter 10 SHEAR FORCES AND BENDING MOMENTS – I
Examples IV 10-1. Introductory
Chapter 5 STRESSES ON INCLINED PLANES 10-2. Types of beams
5-1. Introduction 10-3. Actions on the cross-section of a beam
5-2. Stresses on inclined plane of a bar under tension or compression 10-4. Sign conventions
5-3. State of pure shear: Stresses on inclined planes 10-5. Shear Force (S.F.) and Bending Moment (B.M.) diagrams
5-4. Linear strain of the diagonal BD 10-6. Cantilevers
5-5. Relation between the Moduli of Elasticity and Rigidity for a 10-7. Simply supported beams
given material 10-8. Relation between the S.F. and the B.M. at a cross-section of
5-6. Bulk Modulus a beam
5-7. Relation between three elastic constants 10-9. Overhanging beams
Examples V Examples X

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Chapter 11 SHEAR FORCES AND BENDING MOMENTS – II 15-10. Curves of principal stresses
11-1. Introduction 15-11. Principal stresses in an I-section
11-2. S.F. and B.M. diagrams for beams with variable loading 15-12. Strain-energy due to shear in a beam
11-3. Beams with end couples Examples XV
11-4. Beams with an intermediate couple
11-5. Supports offering pressures Chapter 16 DEFLECTIONS I
11-6. Cantilever structures 16-1. Introductory
11-7. Principle of superposition 16-2. Use of deflection computations
11-8. Moment and loading diagrams drawn from shear diagrams 16-3. Bending into a circular arc
11-9. Beams subjected to inclined loads 16-4. Relation between slope deflection and radius of curvature
11-10. Inclined beams 16-5. Axes of reference
11-11. Graphical methods 16-6. Limitations of the equation of elastic line
Examples XI 16-7. Computations from basic equation
Chapter 12 CENTROIDS OF LINES AND AREAS 16-8. Using the principle of superposition
12-1. Introduction 16-9. Cantilevers
Centroids 16-10. Propped cantilevers
12-2. First moment of an element of line and area 16-11. Simply supported beams
12-3. First moment of a line segment and a finite area 16-12. Relation between maximum stress and maximum deflection
12-4. Centroids of lines and areas 16-13. Propped beams — Rigid and elastic props
12-5. Centroids of symmetrical lines and areas 16-14. Simply supported beam with an eccentric load W
12-6. Centroids by integration 16-15. Non-prismatic beams
12-7. Summary of centroids of common figures 16-16. Macaulay’s method
12-8. Centroids of composite areas
16-17. Variable loading on a beam of uniform section
Examples XII
16-18. Closure
Chapter 13 AREA MOMENTS OF INERTIA Examples XVI
13-1. Introduction
13-2. Definitions Chapter 17 DEFLECTIONS II
13-3. Radius of gyration 17-1. Moment area method
13-4. Parallel axis theorem 17-2. Method of elastic weights
13-5. Moment of inertia by integration 17-3. Conjugate beam method
13-6. Moment of inertia of composite areas 17-4. Impact loading on beams
13-7. Graphical method for first and second moments of a plane 17-5. Deflection by strain energy
section about an axis in its plane 17-6. Beams of variable section
13-8. Product of inertia 17-7. Graphical methods
13-9. Moment of inertia with respect to inclined axes: Rotation of Examples XVII
axes
13-10. Principal moments of inertia: Principal axes Chapter 18 FIXED BEAMS
13-11. Mohr’s circle for moments of inertia 18-1. Introductory
13-12. The Mohr Land circle of inertia Indeterminate Structures
13-13. Momental ellipse 18-2. Determinateness of the structure
Examples XIII 18-3. Use of indeterminate structures
Chapter 14 BENDING STRESSES IN BEAMS 18-4. Methods of analysis
14-1. Simple bending Fixed Beams
14–2. Theory of simple bending 18-5. Fixed, built in, restrained or encastré beams
14-3. Modulus of section or section modulus 18-6. Method of superposition
14-4. Application of bending equation 18-7. Double integration method
14-5. Modulus of rupture 18-8. Solution by moment area method
14-6. Beams of rectangular section 18-9. Sinking of support
14-7. Strength of sections
18-10. Rotation of support
14-8. Economic sections
18-11. Review of deflection methods
14-9. Unsymmetrical and built-up sections
18-12. Degree of restraint at supports for maximum bending moment
14-10. The Modulus figure
to be as small as possible
14-11. Beam of uniform strength
14-12. Strain energy in flexure 18-13. Beams with related deflections
14-13. Laminated springs Examples XVIII
Examples XIV Chapter 19 CONTINUOUS BEAMS
Chapter 15 SHEAR STRESSES IN BEAMS 19-1. Continuous beams
15-1. Resistance to shear force: shear stresses 19-2. The three moment theorem
15-2. Shear flow 19-3. Support settlement
15-3. Shear stresses in beams of rectangular and circular sections Examples XIX
15-4. Shear stresses in beams of I-section
15-5. Assumptions and limitations of the shear stresses formula Chapter 20 COMPOSITE BEAMS
15-6. Shear stresses in built-up sections 20-1. Introductory
15-7. Beam of square section with one diagonal horizontal 20-2. Flitched beams
15-8. Design for flexure and shear 20-3. Equivalent section: Transformed area method
15-9. Principal stresses and Principal planes at a point in a beam 20-4. Deflection of composite beams
section Examples XX

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Chapter 21 REINFORCED CONCRETE BEAMS 25-6. Design of struts and columns
21-1. Reinforced concrete 25-7. Other empirical formulae
21-2. Compressive strength of concrete 25-8. Long columns under eccentric loading
21-3. Steel as reinforcement 25-9. Prof. Perry’s formula
21-4. Types of reinforcement 25-10. Initial curvature on long column: Axial loading
21-5. Mild steel bars 25-11. Perry-Robertson formula
21-6. High yield strength deformed (HYSD) bars 25-12. B.I.S. formula
21-7. Design of a beam 25-13. Struts with transverse loading
21-8. Classification of beams Examples XXV
21-9. Balanced, Under-reinforced and Over-reinforced design Chapter 26 RADIAL PRESSURE – CYLINDRICAL AND
21-10. Permissible stresses SPHERICAL SHELLS
21-11. Assumptions for flexure design 26-1. Thin seamless cylindrical shells
Singly Reinforced Beams 26-2. Riveted boiler shells
21-12. Derivation of formulae for balanced design 26-3. Thin spherical shell
21-13. Transformed area method 26-4. Wire-bound thin pipes or shells
21-14. Types of problems 26-5. Thick cylinders: Lami’s formulae
Examples XXI 26-6. Design of thick cylindrical shells
26-7. Compound cylinders
Chapter 22 DIRECT AND BENDING STRESSES
26-8. Shrink-fit allowance: Initial difference of radii at junction
22-1. Introduction
26-9. Thick spherical shells
22-2. Combined axial and flexural load
Examples XXVI
22-3. Biaxial loading
22-4. Eccentric loading Chapter 27 RIVETED AND BOLTED JOINTS
22-5. Limit of eccentricity 27-1. Introductory
22-6. Double eccentricity 27-2. Rivets and riveting
22-7. Wind pressure on walls and chimney shafts 27-3. Bolts and bolting
22-8. Coefficient of wind-resistance 27-4. Bearing and friction type connections
27-5. Types of riveted and bolted joints
22-9. Water and earth pressure on walls
27-6. Definitions
Examples XXII
27-7. Possible ways of failure of bearing type connection
Chapter 23 SHAFTS AND SPRINGS IN TORSION 27-8. Strength of a bearing type connection
23-1. Introduction 27-9. Fastener value
23-2. Assumptions 27-10. Design of a riveted/bolted joint
23-3. Derivation of torsion formulae 27-11. Riveted joints in boiler shells
23-4. Power transmitted: design of shafts 27-12. Structural joints
23-5. Torque diagrams 27-13. Diamond fastening
23-6. Stepped shaft 27-14. Pitch of rivets in built-up girders
23-7. Composite shafts and tapered shaft 27-15. Eccentric loading on rivets
23-8. Keys and couplings Examples XXVII
23-9. Combined bending and torsion Chapter 28 WELDED JOINTS
23-10. Combined bending and torsion and axial thrust 28-1. Introductory
23-11. Torsion resilience of shafts 28-2. Forms of welded joints
23-12. Shafts of non-circular sections subjected to torsion 28-3. Strength of a welded joint
23-13. Closely coiled helical springs: Axial loading 28-4. Eccentric loading on welded joints
23-14. Closely coiled helical springs: Axial moment Examples XXVIII
23-15. Open coiled helical springs
Chapter 29 SHEAR CENTRE
Examples XXIII
29-1. Shear flow in thin-walled open sections
Chapter 24 TESTING OF MATERIALS – II 29-2. Shear centre
24-1. Flexure tests Examples XXIX
24-2. Important flexure tests
24-3. Shear tests Chapter 30 UNSYMMETRICAL BENDING
24-4. Hardness 30-1. Introductory
24-5. Brinell hardness test 30-2. Unsymmetrical bending
24-6. Rockwell hardness test 30-3. Bending stress through product of inertia
24-7. Impact tests 30-4. The Z-polygon
Examples XXX
24-8 Fatigue
24-9. Stress spectrum Chapter 31 BENDING STRESSES IN CURVED BARS
24-10. Fatigue tests 31-1. Pure bending of curved bars
24-11. The S-N curve 31-2. Stresses in beams of large initial curvature
31-3. Rectangular cross-section
24-12. Endurance limit or fatigue limit
31-4. Trapezoidal cross-section
24-13. Fatigue failure 31-5. Inverted T-section
Examples XXIV 31-6. I-section
Chapter 25 COLUMNS AND STRUTS OF UNIFORM SECTION 31-7. Circular cross-section
25-1. Axial loading 31-8. Crane hooks
25-2. Very long columns — Euler’s formula 31-9. Stresses in curved bars of small initial curvature
25-3. Limitations of Euler’s formulae 31-10. Piston rings
Examples XXXI
25-4. Intermediate columns
25-5. Rankine’s formula Index

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