Chapter 1: Introduction-Concept of Stress
Chapter 2: Stress and Strain-Axial Loading
Chapter 3: Torsion
Chapter 4: Pure Bending
Chapter 5: Analysis and Design of Beams for Bending
Chapter 6: Shearing Stresses in Beams and Thin-Walled Members
Chapter 7: Transformations of Stress and Strain
Chapter 8: Principal Stresses Under a Given Loading
Chapter 9: Deflection of Beams
Chapter 10: Columns
Chapter 11: Energy Methods
Born in France and educated in France and Switzerland, Ferdinand
Beer held an M.S. degree from the Sorbonne and an Sc.D. degree in
theoretical mechanics from the University of Geneva. He came to the
United States after serving in the French army during the early
part of World War II and taught for four years at Williams College
in the Williams-MIT joint arts and engineering program. Following
his service at Williams College, Beer joined the faculty of Lehigh
University, where he taught for thirty-seven years. He held several
positions, including the University Distinguished Professors Chair
and Chairman of the Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics
Department. In 1995, Beer was awarded an honorary Doctor of
Engineering degree by Lehigh University.
Born in Philadelphia, Russ holds a B.S. degree in civil engineering
from the University of Delaware and an Sc.D. degree in the field of
structural engineering from The Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT). He taught at Lehigh University and Worchester
Polytechnic Institute (WPI) before joining the faculty of the
University of Connecticut where he held the position of Chairman of
the Civil Engineering Department and taught for twenty-six years.
In 1991 Russ received the Outstanding Civil Engineer Award from the
Connecticut Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
John T. DeWolf, Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of
Connecticut, joined the Beer and Johnston team as an author on the
second edition of Mechanics of Materials. John holds a B.S. degree
in civil engineering from the University of Hawaii and M.E. and
Ph.D. degrees in structural engineering from Cornell University.
His research interests are in the area of elastic stability, bridge
monitoring, and structural analysis and design. He is a registered
Professional Engineer and a member of the Connecticut Board of
Professional Engineers. He was selected as the University of
Connecticut Teaching Fellow in 2006.
David Mazurek holds a B.S. in ocean engineering and an M.S. in
civil engineering from the Florida Institute of Technology, and a
Ph.D. in civil engineering from the University of Connecticut.
Employed by the General Dynamics Corporation Electric Boat Division
for five years, he provided submarine construction support and
conducted engineering design and analysis associated with pressure
hull and other structures. He then taught for one year at Lafayette
College prior to joining the civil engineering faculty at the U.S.
Coast Guard Academy, where he has been since 1990. Mazurek is
currently a member of the American Railway Engineering &
Maintenance-of-way Association Committee 15, and the American
Society of Civil Engineers Committee on Blast, Shock, and Vibratory
Effects. He has also worked with the Federal Railroad
Administration on their bridge-inspection training program. He is a
licensed professional engineer in Connecticut and Pennsylvania.
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