The book “Strength of Materials” is a very important subject for the Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering students of any technical boards and universities. The book is very helpful for the Engineers involved in designing of structures and machinery component parts. This book is also helpful to prepare for academic examination as well as preparation for the interviews also. The book has been written in a very simple language to understand the concepts very easily. The author has tried its maximum effort to include the latest and the relevant information in each chapter of the book in order to make the book more interesting and pleasing to the students and faculties of the institutions.

Salient Features of the book:

• Large number of Numerical Problems from different B.E. degree examinations.

• At the end of each Chapter

— Highlights

— Theoretical Questions

— Numerical Problems with Answers

— Multiple Choice Questions.

Contents
Preface
1. Simple Stresses and Strains
2. Centre of Gravity
3. Moment of Inertia
4. Bending Moment and Shear Force
5. Torsion of Circular Shafts
6. Springs
7. Strain Energy and Impact Loading
8. Deflection of Beams
9. Bending Stress
10. Shear Stress
11. Columns and Struts
12. Riveted Joints
Practicals
Appendix
Index