📘 Strength of Materials: Mechanics of Solids in SI Units is a comprehensive textbook that provides an in-depth exploration of all fundamental concepts in the subject. Structured into 35 chapters, it covers essential topics such as stresses, strains, inertia, force, beams, joints, and shells, among others. 📖 Each chapter is enriched with solved examples, exercises, and chapter-end questions, facilitating a strong conceptual understanding. With 50 years of evolution, this book remains a go-to resource for students studying the mechanics of solids. 🔹 Key Features: ✅ 35 Chapters – Thorough coverage of every critical concept in the subject. ✅ 5 New Chapters – Including: 📌 Unsymmetrical Bending and Shear Centre 📌 Mechanical Properties of Materials (Stress-Strain Diagram) 📌 Torsion of Circular Shafts 📌 Theories of Failure 📌 Testing of Materials ✅ 1000+ Examples, Figures & Tables – Strengthening conceptual clarity. ✅ 600+ Exercise & Chapter-End Questions – Enhancing practice and application. ✅ Free Online Content – 9 Additional Chapters on advanced topics, including: 🔹 Analysis of Perfect Frames (Graphical Method) 🔹 Dams and Retaining Walls 🔹 Moment Distribution Method 🔹 Introduction to Reinforced Concrete 🔹 Welded & Riveted Joints, and more. Table of Contents: 1. Introduction, 2. Mechanical Properties of Materials (Stress-Strain Diagram), 3. Simple Stresses and Strains, 4. Stresses and Strains in Bars of Varying Sections, 5. Stresses and Strains in Statically Indeterminate Structures, 6. Thermal Stresses and Strains, 7. Elastic Constants, 8. Principal Stresses and Strains, 9. Strain Energy and Impact Loading, 10. Centre of Gravity, 11. Moment of Inertia, 12. Analysis of Perfect Frames (Analytical Method), 13. Bending Moment and Shear Force, 14. Bending Stresses in Simple Beams, 15. Bending Stresses in Composite Beams, 16. Shearing Stresses in Beams, 17. Direct and Bending Stresses, 18. Deflection of Beams, 19. Deflection of Cantilevers, 20. Deflection by Moment Area Method, 21. Torsion of Circular Shafts, 22. Springs, 23. Thin Cylindrical and Spherical Shells, 24. Thick Cylindrical and Spherical Shells, 25. Columns and Struts, 26. Propped Cantilevers and Beams, 27. Fixed Beams, 28. Theorem of Three Moments, 29. Strain Energy & Deflection Due to Bending & Shear (and Castigliano's Theorem), 30. Bending of Curved Bars, 31. Theories of Failure, 32. Testing of Materials, 33. Product of Inertia, 34. Unsymmetrical Bending and Shear Center, 35. Stresses due to Rotation • Appendix • Index

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