UNIT ONE 1
Text Introduction to Mechanics of Materials 1
Reading Material A Shear Center 6
Reading Material B Allowable Stress Design and Strength Design 8
UNIT TWO 11
Text The Tensile Test 11
Reading Material A Comparative Study of the Mechanical Properties of Ductile and Brittle Materials 16
Reading Material B Strength Theories 18
UNIT THREE 21
Text Application of Mechanics of Materials and Its Study Method 21
Reading Material A Stress 26
Reading Material B Method of Sections 28
UNIT FOUR 30
Text Description of the Force and Displacement Method 30
Reading Material A Types of Beams 34
Reading Material B Methods of Joints and Sections for Analyzing a Truss 36
UNIT FIVE 39
Text Structure of Buildings 39
Reading Material A Structural Planning and Design 44
Reading Material B Types of Loads and Types of Stress 45
UNIT SIX 48
Text Purpose of Structural Analysis, Modeling of Structures and Relation of Analysis and Design 48
Reading Material A Matrix Analysis of Structures by the Stiffness Method 53
Reading Material B Equilibrium of Single Members 55
UNIT SEVEN 57
Text Properties of Concrete and Reinforced Concrete 57
Reading Material A Property of Structural Steel 62
Reading Material B Nature of Wood and Masonry 63
UNIT EIGHT 65
Text Building Code (Ⅰ) 65
Reading Material A Building Code (Ⅱ) 70
Reading Material B Building Code (Ⅲ) 71
Text Early History of Cement and Concrete 73
UNIT NINE 73
Reading Material A The Hydration Reaction 78
Reading Material B Distress and Failure of Concrete 79
UNIT TEN 81
Text Advantages and Disadvantages of Concrete and Its Water-Cement Ratio 81
Reading Material A Slump Test and Concrete Proportioning 85
Reading Material B Curing Concrete 87
UNIT ELEVEN 89
Text Mortar 89
Reading Material A Water Retentivity 93
Reading Material B Cement Mortar and Lime Mortar 95
UNIT TWELVE 97
Text General Plannting Considerations 97
Reading Material A Housing 101
Reading Material B House 103
Text Factory Design 105
UNIT THIRTEEN 105
Reading Material A Modern Building Construction 110
Reading Material B Building 112
UNIT FOURTEEN 114
Text Fundamental Objective of Structural Dynamics Analysis 114
Reading Material A Organization of the Text 118
Reading Material B Methods of Discretization 120
Text Contents of Theory of Elasticity 124
UNIT FIFTEEN 124
Reading Material A Basic Assumptions in Classical Elasticity 128
Reading Material B Members in a State of Two-Dimensional Stress 130
UNIT SIXTEEN 132
Text Historical Development of Finite Element Method 132
Reading Material A General Description of the Finite Element Method 137
Reading Material B Introduction of Displacement Approach 139
Appendix Ⅰ Vocabulary 141
Appendix Ⅱ Translation for Reference 147
Appendix Ⅲ Key to Exercises 167