Thistextbookisintendedforuseinafirstcourseinmechanicsofmaterials.Programsofinstructionrelatingtothemechanicalsciences,suchasmechanical,civil,andaerospaceengineering,oftenrequirethatstudentstakethiscourseinthesecondorthirdyearofstudies.Becauseofthefundamentalnatureofthesubjectmatter,mechanicsofmaterialsisoftenarequiredcourse,oranacceptabletechnicalelectiveinmanyothercurricula.Studentsmusthavecompletedcoursesinstaticsofrigidbodiesandmathematicsthroughintegralcalculusasprerequisitestothestudyofmechanicsofmaterials.