Strength of materials

Аннотация

The theory of solid mechanics is formulated through a set of formidable mathematical equations. An engineer may select an appropriate subset to solve a particular problem. Normally, an error in the solution, if any, is attributed either to equation complexity or to a deficiency of the analytical model. Rarely is the completeness of the basic theory questioned because it was presumed complete, circa 1860, when Saint-Venant provided the strain formulation, also known as the compatibility condition.