This book has been written to serve as textbook which is now being offered to
students in Mechanical, production, Civil and Aeronautical Engineering both at
the undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
An essential feature of the book in hand is its completeness in all respect. A
reasonably deep coverage is presented on each topic incorporating the latest
information available. A must of problems have been solved in each chapter with
a purpose to illustrate the fundamental principles of various methods of stress
analysis. At the end of each chapter quiz questions, numerous exercises and
references have been added for practice and further reading.
A special advantage of