Mechanical Behavior of Materials – Norman E. Dowling – 3rd Edition

1. Introduction.
2. Structure and Deformation in Materials.
3. A Survey of Engineering Materials.
4. Mechanical Testing: Tension Test and Other Basic Tests.
5. Stress-Strain Relationships and Behavior.
6. Review of Complex and Principal States of Stress and Strain.
7. Yielding and Fracture under Combined Stresses.
8. Fracture of Cracked Members.
9. Fatigue of Materials: Introduction and Stress-Based Approach.
10. Stress-Based Approach to Fatigue: Notched Members.
11. Fatigue Crack Growth.
12. Plastic Deformation Behavior and Models for Materials.
13. Stress-Strain Analysis of Plastically Deforming Members.
14. Strain-Based Approach to Fatigue.
15. Time-Dependent Behavior: Creep and Damping.
Appendix A: Review of Selected Topics from Mechanics of Materials.
Appendix B: Statistical Variation in Materials Properties.
Bibliography.
Index.