Organic Compounds: Structural Representation
Carbon is known for its catenation property. The covalently bonded carbon-containing compounds called organic compounds are substantial for life on earth. The specific branch of science that deals with organic…
Organic Chemistry
Organic Chemistry is a division of chemistry that involves a scientific approach to structure, properties, and applications of organic molecules and compounds that are; it is a matter containing carbon…
What Is Organic Chemistry?
Organic chemistry is the study of the structure, properties, composition, reactions, and preparation of carbon-containing compounds, which include not only hydrocarbons but also compounds with any number of other elements,…
Material Properties and Failure Phenomena
Up until now we have not said much about the way structures behave in the socalled “real world”. Our focus has been on abstract concepts and pictures, with generous use made of…
Indeterminate Systems
The key to resolving our predicament, when faced with a statically indeterminate problem - one in which the equations of static equilibrium do not suffice to determine a unique solution…
Internal Forces and Moments in Beams
A beam is a structural element like the truss member but, unlike the latter, it is designed, fabricated, and assembled to carry a load in bending 5. In this section…
Internal Forces in Members of a Truss Structure
We are ready to start talking business, to buy a loaf of bread. Up until now we have focused on the rudimentary basics of the language; the vocabulary of force,…
Static Equilibrium Force and Moment
The correct response is zero: For a particle at rest, or moving with constant velocity relative to an inertial frame, the resultant force acting on the isolated particle must be…
Equations of motion of linear elastic bodies
The final equations of the purely mechanical theory of linear elasticity (i.e., when coupling with the temperature field is neglected, or when either isothermal or isentropic response is assumed) are…
Finite elastic deformations
When elastic response under arbitrary deformation gradients is considered—because rotations, if not strains, are large or, in a material such as rubber, because the strains are large too—it is necessary…
