ABSTRACT
In the last chapter the concept of stress was introduced and it was shown how axial forces, bending moments and shear forces could be related to stress distributions in a structural member. By making simplifying assumptions, the Engineer’s theory in particular, simple stress distributions were obtained. At the end of the chapter the idea of combining stresses was used to show how axial loads and moments are related. Most engineering design is carried out just using these concepts, however, the idea of stress can be used to understand more complicated structural behaviour.
