Stephen P. Timoshenko ...
480 pages -
Publisher: Dover Publications; (February, 1983) ...
Language: English -
ISBN-10: 0486611876 -
ISBN-13: 978-0486611877 ...
Strength of materials is that branch of engineering concerned with the deformation and disruption of solids when forces
other
than changes in position or equilibrium are acting upon them. The
development of our understanding of the strength of materials has
enabled engineers to establish the forces which can safely be imposed on
structure or components, or to choose materials appropriate to the
necessary dimensions of structures and components which have to
withstand given loads without suffering effects deleterious to their
proper functioning.
This excellent historical survey of the strength
of materials with many references to the theories of elasticity and
structures is based on an extensive series of lectures delivered by the
author at Stanford University, Palo Alto, California. Timoshenko
explores the early roots of the discipline from the great monuments and
pyramids of ancient Egypt through the temples, roads, and fortifications
of ancient Greece and Rome. The author fixes the formal beginning of
the modern science of the strength of materials with the publications of
Galileo's book, "Two Sciences," and traces the rise and development as
well as industrial and commercial applications of the fledgling science
from the seventeenth century through the twentieth century. Timoshenko
fleshes out the bare bones of mathematical theory with lucid
demonstrations of important equations and brief biographies of highly
influential mathematicians, including: Euler, Lagrange, Navier, Thomas
Young, Saint-Venant, Franz Neumann, Maxwell, Kelvin, Rayleigh, Klein,
Prandtl, and many others. These theories, equations, and biographies are
further enhanced by clear discussions of the development of engineering
and engineering education in Italy, France, Germany, England, and
elsewhere. 245 figures.
Paul Holscher, Frits A. van Tol ... 
