Vitor Dias da Silva ... 529 pages - Publisher: Springer; (December, 2005) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 3540251316 - ISBN-13: 978-3540251316 ...
This treatise contains topics on Solid Mechanics, the Theory of
Slender Members and an Introduction to the Theory of Structures, usually
taught in the disciplines of Strength of Materials of most Engineering
courses, such as Civil, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering. In
relation to the most widely known treatises on Mechanics and Strength
of Materials, a greater scientific exactness and an extra emphasis on
the theoretical justification of the topics explained may be stressed.
Axioms and non-demonstrated simplifying hypotheses, which are common in
this kind of book, are avoided. The depth of the explanation is at an
intermediate level between those works and treatises based on a
mathematical approach to the Theory of Elasticity and Continuum
Mechanics. However, the topics are always introduced from a physical
point of view, which is fundamental for an Engineer, and are anchored on
over 300 figures of high graphical quality.