With 267 diagrams and numerous examples. Gilt titling and decoration on spine. Corners and head/tail of spine bumped. Previous owners inscription on e/p. Vignette on title page. Stamp on reverse of title page. 569 pp. Index. (Mechanical properties of metals, strain-energy and strength, twisting, deflection, stresses and bending of beams, pipes, cylinders, discs, bars and plates all discussed. ). Covers the elementary theory necessary for solving practical problems, and includes many worked examples. The contents are as follows: 1. Elastic stress & strain. 2. Mechancial properties of metals. 3. Resiliance & fluctuaing stress. 4. Theory of bending. 5. Stresses in beams. 6. D eflection of beams.7. Built-in & continuous beams. 8. Secondary effects of bending. 9 Direct and bending stresses. 10. Twisting. 11. Pipes , cylinders & discs. 12. Bending of curved bars. 13. Flat plat es. 14. Vibrations and critical speeds. 15. Testing machines apparatus and methods. 16 Special tests. 17 special materials. Diagrams & graphs. From Britetec Ltd.; 000993; 8vo