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Structural Mechanics
Author(s): A. Amine Benzerga (Author)
- Publisher: CRC Press
- Publication Date: 14 July 2026
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 422 pages
- ISBN-10: 1032883278
- ISBN-13: 9781032883274
Book Description
Structural Mechanics provides an in-depth coverage of mechanics of structures with an approach that departs from the conventional strength of materials approach. It proceeds from the theory of elasticity to analyze the three-dimensional response to mechanical loads with a focus on slender structural elements: bars or beams, and assemblages thereof, known as trusses, frames, or ossatures.
Written with a rigorous perspective based on Saint-Venant’s theory, this book develops practical solutions to structures problems. It enables readers to classify structural members and identify the conditions under which a structural component can be idealized for the analysis of load-bearing capacity. This book covers the three-dimensional theory of beams of any cross-sectional shape or form, including flexible rods, rings, tubes, multi-cell sections, and thin-walled structures.
This book is intended for upper-level undergraduate mechanical, aerospace, and civil engineering students taking courses in Structural Mechanics, Structural Analysis, and Mechanics of Aerospace Structures.
Instructors will be able to utilize a solutions manual and figure slides for their course.
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L’autore
A. Amine Benzerga is the General Dynamics Professor of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University, USA, where he joined in 2004. He holds an engineering diploma from SUPAERO (Toulouse, 1995) and a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Mines de Paris in 2000. Prior to joining Texas A&M, he was a Research Engineer at the National Research Laboratory of Gaz de France (now NaTran) on leave at Brown University (Providence, USA) where he later pursued his post-doctoral studies in Solid Mechanics. His research interests include the deformation and fracture of structural and functional materials. Dr. Benzerga was the recipient of a CAREER award from the U.S. National Science Foundation in 2008 and a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award in 2022. He was the Edward Pete Aldridge Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M (2011–2014) and was elected as ASME Fellow in 2024. Until recently, he was the Director of the Center for intelligent Multifunctional Materials and Structures (CiMMS) and currently holds a joint appointment in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Texas A&M.
