ABSTRACT
In this unit, the application of solid mechanics to engineering problems is taken to a greater depth. Further elastic analysis is considered including such aspects as combined loading applied to components; further bending analyses, such as shear stresses in beams; the calculation of bending deflections; and the bending of beams with asymmetric sections. Powerful methods of analysing elastic deformations in more complex shaped structures using the concept of stored strain energy is also included. The analysis of more detailed stress distributions, in thick cylinders for instance, is also explained. The purpose of these further elastic analyses is to determine stresses, strains and deformations under more complex loading and where geometry varies in a more complex way.
