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Readings

This course's required textbook is Engineering Mechanics for Structures, written by Professor Louis Bucciarelli. This section contains links to full text versions of the book chapters.
Chapter 1. Introduction (PDF)
Chapter 2. Static Equilibrium Force and Moment (PDF)
Chapter 3. Internal Forces and Moments (PDF)
Chapter 4. Stress (PDF)
Chapter 5. Indeterminate Systems (PDF)
Chapter 6. Strain (PDF)
Chapter 7. Material Properties and Failure Phenomena (PDF)
Chapter 8. Stresses/Deflections Shafts in Torsion (PDF)
Chapter 9. Stresses: Beams in Bending (PDF)
Chapter 10. Deflections Due to Bending (PDF)