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MECHANICS OF MATERIALS

These 56 tutorials cover typical material from a second year mechanics of materials course (aka solid mechanics). A solid
understanding (pun intended?) of statics (/statics.html) and calculus (/calculus.html) is necessary to properly learn and
grasp the concepts of solid mechanics.

In order to gain a comprehensive understanding of the subject, you should start at the top and work your way down the
list. That way you will start learning the most basic concepts rst and build o of those as you progress through the
course.

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Stress
1. Normal stress (/4/normal-stress)
2. Normal stress in members with varying cross-sectional area (/4/normal-stress-in-members-with-varying-cross-
sectional-area)
3. Shearing stress (/4/shearing-stress)
4. Double shear (/4/double-shear)
5. Bearing stress (/4/bearing-stress)
6. Factor of safety (/4/factor-of-safety)

Strain
7. Normal strain (/4/normal-strain)
8. Stress strain diagram explained (/4/stress-strain-diagram-explained)
9. Hooke's law (/4/hookes-law)
10. Normal strain in members with varying cross-sectional area (/4/normal-strain-in-members-with-varying-cross-
sectional-area)
11. Use Hooke's law to nd de ection in a statically determinate frame (/4/use-hookes-law-to- nd-de ection-in-a-
statically-determinate-frame)
12. Intro to statically indeterminate problems and the principle of superposition (/4/introduction-to-statically-
indeterminate-problems-and-the-principle-of-superposition)
13. Find the reactions of a statically indeterminate member with varying cross section (/4/how-to- nd-the-reactions-for-
a-statically-indeterminate-member-with-varying-cross-section)

Torsion
14. Torques and angle of twist (/4/torques-and-angle-of-twist)
15. Angle of twist due to torsion in a shaft with varying cross section (/4/angle-of-twist-due-to-torsion-in-a-shaft-with-
varying-cross-section)
16. Shearing strain  due to torsion in a shaft (/4/shearing-strain-due-to-torsion-in-a-shaft)
17. Shearing stress due to torsion in a solid circular shaft (/4/shearing-stress-due-to-torsion-in-a-solid-circular-shaft)
18. Shearing stress due to torsion in a hollow circular shaft (/4/shearing-stress-due-to-torsion-in-a-hollow-circular-shaft)
19. Find the minimum diameter of a solid circular shaft in torsion (/4/ nd-the-minimum-diameter-of-a-solid-circular-
shaft-in-torsion)
20. Find the minimum inner diameter of a hollow circular shaft in torsion (/4/ nd-the-minimum-inner-diameter-of-a-
hollow-circular-shaft-in-torsion)
21. Find the maximum permissible torque for a shaft of known dimensions (/4/ nd-the-maximum-permissible-torque-
for-a-shaft-of-known-dimensions)

Pure Bending
22. Pure bending introduced (/4/pure-bending-introduced)
23. Geometry of pure bending problems (/4/geometry-of-pure-bending-problems)
24. Stress and strain in the elastic range due to pure bending (/4/stress-and-strain-in-the-elastic-range-due-to-pure-
bending)
25. Moment of inertia for composite shapes (/4/moment-of-inertia-for-composite-shapes)
26. Elastic section modulus demonstration (/4/elastic-section-modulus-demonstration)

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27. Pure bending in the elastic range example #1: rectangular beam (/4/pure-bending-in-the-elastic-range-example-1-
rectangular-beam)
28. Pure bending in the elastic range example #2: T-beam (/4/pure-bending-in-the-elastic-range-example-2-t-beam)

Pure Bending of Composite Materials

29. Pure bending of composite materials introduced (/4/pure-bending-of-composite-materials-introduced)
30. Pure bending of composite materials worked example #1 (/4/pure-bending-of-composite-materials-worked-
example-1)
31. Pure bending of composite materials worked example #2 (/4/pure-bending-of-composite-materials-worked-
example-2)
32: How to solve pure bending problems for reinforced concrete (/4/how-to-solve-pure-bending-problems-for-
reinforced-concrete)
33: Pure bending of reinforced concrete example #1 (/4/pure-bending-of-reinforced-concrete-example-1)
34: Pure bending of reinforced concrete example #2 (/4/pure-bending-of-reinforced-concrete-example-2)

Beam De ection
35. Introduction to beam de ection and the elastic curve equation (/4/introduction-to-beam-de ection-and-the-elastic-
curve-equation)
36. Find de ection and slope of a cantilever beam with a point load (/4/ nd-de ection-and-slope-of-a-cantilever-beam-
with-a-point-load)
37. Find de ection of a simply supported beam with distributed load (/4/ nd-de ection-of-a-simply-supported-beam-
with-distributed-load)
38. Find de ection and slope of a simply supported beam with a point load (/4/ nd-de ection-and-slope-of-a-simply-
supported-beam-with-a-point-load)
39. Statically indeterminate beam de ection and slope example (/4/statically-indeterminate-beam-de ection-and-
slope-example)

Tutorials for the Method of Superposition, Moment Area Method, Displacement Method, Slope De ection Method, 3
Moment Equation, and Force Method are located in the Structural Analysis course (/structural-analysis.html). 

Energy Methods
40. Strain energy and strain density introduced (/4/strain-energy-and-strain-energy-density-introduced)
41. Calculate elastic strain energy for a member with axial loading (/4/calculate-elastic-strain-energy-for-a-member-
with-axial-loading)
42. Calculate elastic strain energy for a cantilever beam with a point load (/4/calculate-elastic-strain-energy-for-a-
cantilever-beam-with-a-point-load)
43. Calculate elastic strain energy for a simply supported beam with a point load (/4/calculate-elastic-strain-energy-for-
a-simply-supported-beam-with-a-point-load)
44. Calculate elastic stain energy for a member in torsion (/4/calculate-elastic-strain-energy-for-a-member-in-torsion)
45. (/4/truss-de ection-under-a-single-load-example-problem-1-virtual-work)Truss de ection under a single load
example problem #1 (virtual work) (/4/truss-de ection-under-a-single-load-example-problem-1-virtual-work)
46. Truss de ection under a single load example problem #2 (virtual work) (/4/truss-de ection-under-a-single-load-
example-problem-2-virtual-work)
47. How to apply Castigliano's theorem (/4/how-to-apply-castiglianos-theorem)
48. Castigliano's theorem example #1: de ection at an applied point load
(/4/castiglianos-theorem-example-1-de ection-at-an-applied-point-load)49. Castigliano's theorem example #2:

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de ection using a dummy load (/4/castiglianos-theorem-example-2-de ection-using-a-dummy-load)

Columns
50. Columns and buckling introduced (/4/columns-and-buckling-introduced)
51. E ective length of columns with di erent end conditions (/4/e ective-length-of-columns-with-di erent-end-
conditions)
52. Column buckling example problem #1: both ends pinned (/4/column-buckling-example-problem-1-both-ends-pinned)
53: Column buckling example problem #2: both ends xed  (/4/column-buckling-example-problem-2-both-ends- xed)
54: Column buckling example problem #3: one xed end, one free end (/4/column-buckling-example-problem-3-one-
end- xed-one-end-free)
55. Column buckling example problem #4: one xed end, one pinned end (/4/column-buckling-example-problem-4-
one- xed-end-one-pinned-end)
56: Column buckling example problem #5: with bracing (/4/column-buckling-example-problem-5-with-bracing)

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