Originally published under title: Formulas for stress and strain.

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

Part 1: Introduction -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Part 2: Facts; Principles; Methods -- Chapter 2: Stress and Strain: Important Relationships -- Chapter 3: The Behavior of Bodies Under Stress -- Chapter 4: Principles and Analytical Methods -- Chapter 5: Numerical Methods -- Chapter 6: Experimental Methods -- Part 3: Formulas and Examples -- Chapter 7: Tension, Compression, Shear, and Combined Stress -- Chapter 8: Beams; Flexure of Straight Bars -- Chapter 9: Bending of Curved Beams -- Chapter 10: Torsion -- Chapter 11: Flat Plates -- Chapter 12: Columns and Other Compression Members -- Chapter 13: Shells of Revolution; Pressure Vessels; Pipes -- Chapter 14: Bodies in Contact Undergoing Direct Bearing and Shear Stress -- Chapter 15: Elastic Stability -- Chapter 16: Dynamic and Temperature Stresses -- Chapter 17: Stress Concentration Factors -- Appendix A: Properties of a Plane Area -- Appendix B: Glossary: Definitions -- Appendix C: Composite Materials -- Name Index Subject Index.