MECHANICS OF STRUCTURES: (AS PER WBSCTE SYLLABUS), 1/e S S Bhavikatti-S.CHAND

Volumetric Strain and Elastic Constants • Principal Planes and Principal Stresses • Shear Force and Bending Moment • Stresses in Beams • Analysis of Trusses • Strain Energy • Direct and Bending Stresses • Slope and Deflection • Application Slope and Deflections using Moment Area Theorems • Beams with One or Both Ends Fixed • Continuous Beams and Application of Clapeyron's Theorem of Three Moments • Moment Distribution Method Applied to Beams • Application of Moment Distribution Method to Single Storey Single Bay Symmetrical Portal Frame • Columns