Designed for undergraduate mechanical engineering students, mechanics of materials is a comprehensive book that contains student-oriented features. The book includes chapters on mechanical properties of materials, stress, combined loading, strain, axial load, bending, design of beams and shafts, strain transformation, torsion, transverse shear, deflection of beams and shafts, energy methods and buckling of columns. The book comprises of numerous examples and the clear, crisp writing style aims at helping the students in better understanding. Mechanics of materials also consists of practice questions and review exercises at the end of each chapter. To help the students in visualising difficult concepts, the book is in colour with a photorealistic art program. A detailed end-of-chapter review provides students with a concise tool for reviewing chapter contents. Mechanics of materials covers each principle comprehensively and assists the students in learning and also its application. With a focus on better understanding, mechanics of materials aims at supporting undergraduate mechanical students in the learning process. The ninth edition of this book was published by pearson education in 2014. It is available in paperback. Key features: the book is in colour with a photorealistic art program intended to help students visualise difficult concepts. Review exercises are provided at the end of each chapter for better understanding. - from Amzon