文档介绍：Strength of Materials:
A Unified Theory
Surya N. Patnaik
Dale A. Hopkins
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Pataik, Surya N.
Strength of materials: a unified theory / Surya N. Pataik, Dale A. Hopkins.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-7506-7402-4 (alk. paper)
1. Strength of materials. I. Hopkins, Dale A. II. Title.
2003
Ðdc21 2003048191
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Contents
Preface ix
Chapter 1 Introduction 1
Systems of Units 4
Response Variables 7
Sign Conventions 15
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