(1) The Elements of Mechanics of Materials A Text-book for Students in Engineering Courses (2) Experimental Mechanics for Schools

Abstract

(1) IN this elementary text-book the engineering student is provided with a clear and concise account of the practical applications of mechanical principles to the design of simple machine parts and common structures. The first two chapters deal with the properties of materials as disclosed in the experimental laboratory, and with the strengths of tie-rods, cylinders, and riveted joints. Succeeding chapters relate to the strength and stiffness of beams, shafts struts, and composite structures, including reinforced beams and columns; there is also an investigation of the effect of combined stresses. The most valuable parts of the book are the excellent collections of review questions and illustrative problems with which each chapter closes. These are very suggestive, well graduated, and eminently practical, and will be greatly appreciated by students and teachers alike. The author writes for those students who have only time for a very cursory study of the theory of elasticity, so that the limitations of the various formulæ are scarcely considered. The book will serve a very useful purpose, and will afford great assistance in some parts of practical design.

(1) The Elements of Mechanics of Materials. A Text-book for Students in Engineering Courses.

By C. E. Houghton. Pp. viii + 186. (London: Constable and Co., Ltd., 1909.) Price 7s. 6d. net.

(2) Experimental Mechanics for Schools.

By F. Charles W. H. Hewitt. Pp. vii + 288. (London: G. Bell and Sons, 1909.) Price 3s. 6d.