This book is a comprehensive, cross-referenced examination of engineering mechanics of solids. Traditional topics are supplemented by an exposure to several newly-emerging disciplines, such as the probabilistic basis for structural analysis, matrix methods, and plastic limit analysis. Table of Contents 1. Stress.  2. Strain.  3. Axial Deformation of Bars: Statically Determinate Systems.  4. Axial Deformation of Bars: Statically Indeterminate Systems.  5. Generalized Hooke's Law: Pressure Vessels.  6. Torsion.  7. Beam Statics.  8. Symmetric Beam Bending.  9. Unsymmetric (Skew) Beam Bending. 10. Shear Stresses in Beams. 11. Stress and Strain Transformation. 12. Yield and Fracture Criteria. 13. Elastic Stress Analysis. 14. Beam Deflections by Direct Integration. 15. Beam Deflections by the Moment-area Method. 16. Columns. 17. Energy and Virtual Work. 18. Classical Energy Methods. 19. Elastic Analysis of Systems. 20. Plastic Limit Analysis. Tables. Answers to Odd-numbered Problems. Index. Conversion Factors between U.S. Customary and SI Units.