Mechanics of Materials: Energy Methods

New Energy Methods tutorials are up in the Mechanics of Materials course! There are 7 new tutorials that explain and go over examples of axial loading, bending, torsion, and trusses. Learn how to use strain energy to find deflections the fast way.

• Strain energy and strain density introduced
  
• Calculate elastic strain energy for a member with axial loading
  
• Calculate elastic strain energy for a cantilever beam with a point load
  
• Calculate elastic strain energy for a simply supported beam with a point load
  
• Calculate elastic stain energy for a member in torsion
  
• Truss deflection under a single load example problem #1 (virtual work)
• Truss deflection under a single load example problem #2 (virtual work)
  

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