TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Chapter I. 

 Limits 



Stresses and Deformations within the Elastic 



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Art. 1. Object of the Study of Stresses 1 



2. Kinds of Structures 1 



1 i 3. Forces Acting on Structures 



4. Kinds of Loads 2 



" 5. Manner of Application of Loads 3 



" 6. Materials of Construction 4 



7. Elasticity and Stress 4 



8. Elastic Limits 



9. Deformations 6 



10. Unit Stresses 6 



11. Modulus of Elasticity 6 



12. Kinds of Stress 9 



13. Distribution of Stress 10 



14. Tensile and Compressive Stresses 1- 



15. Shearing Stresses 12 



16. Shears 13 



17. How Shearing Stresses Occur 14 



18. Shear Modulus 



19. Work Done in Deforming a Body. Resilience 16 



Chapter II. 

 Limit . , 



Art. 20. 

 " 21. 

 " 22. 

 " 23. 

 " 24. 

 " 25. 



" 26. 



Stresses and Deformations Beyond the Elastic 



22 



Non-elastic Stress and Deformation.. 



Stress-deformation Diagrams 



Ductility and Plasticity 



Ultimate Strength '. 



Factor of Safety 



Peculiar Properties of Iron and Steel in Non- 

 elastic State 



Shifting of the Elastic Limit 28 



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