This document discusses mechanics of structures and simple stresses and strains. It covers the following key points in 3 sentences:
The document introduces mechanical properties of materials like strength, stiffness, elasticity and defines different types of loads, stresses and strains. It explains concepts like axial load, shear load and different types of stresses and strains. Various mechanical properties of materials are defined along with important formulas for calculating stresses, strains, modulus of elasticity and deformation of structures under different loads.