Understand how materials behave under load and how engineers design safer, stronger structures.
This practical guide surveys the strength, elasticity, and impact resistance of metals, offering rules and methods that help predict how beams, girders, and components will perform in real-world use. It compiles experimental results and applications to support design decisions in engineering projects.
From tensile and transverse stresses to the effects of annealing, grain direction, and re-melting, the book translates complex testing data into usable guidance. It covers cast iron, wrought iron, and steel, with emphasis on joints, riveted connections, boilers, and structural elements. Clear explanations and worked examples illuminate how to estimate strains and safe loads in common components.
- Learn how tensile, crushing, and transverse strains relate in beams and columns.
- See rules for calculating maximum stresses and safe loading in practical designs.
- Explore how processing like annealing and repeated heating affects strength.
- Access examples relevant to boilers, riveted joints, girders, and other metal structures.
Ideal for engineers, students, and professionals working with metal structures and materials testing.
A Practical Treatise on the Strength of Materials