Download or read book A Concise Introduction to Elastic Solids written by Carl T. Herakovich and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an introduction to fundamental concepts of solid mechanics for the uninitiated. It also includes a concise review of fundamentals for those who have been away from the field for a time or are studying for a final exam or engineering license exam. The coverage ranges from fundamental definitions through constitutive equations, axial loading, torsion, bending, thermal effects, stability, pressure vessels, plates and shells, computational mechanics, and fibrous composite materials.