Articles

A series of articles on a range of Engineering subjects is presented below:

Section Properties:

  • Area and Centroid
  • Elastic Properties - Bending (Basic)
  • Elastic Bending Properties about a Rotated Axis
  • Plastic Properties - Bending

    • Forces and Moments, Normal Stresses and Strains:

  • Force and Force Equilibrium
  • Moment and Moment Equilibrium
  • Normal Stress, Normal Strain and Young’s Modulus
  • Elasticity, Plasticity and Yield
  • Euler-Bernoulli Beam Bending
  • Section Moduli, Stress and Moment

    • Shear Force, Shear Stress and Shear Strain:

  • Direct Shear Force
  • Shear Stress, Shear Strain and Shear Modulus
  • Complementary and Longitudinal Shear

    • Structural Analysis - By Hand:

  • Simple Statics - Determinate Beams
  • Secondary Prestress Effects
  • Indeterminate Beams - Macaulay Bracket Method
  • Determinate Truss Analysis



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