UNIT ONE
Text Introduction to Mechanics of Materials
Reading Material A Shear Center
B Allowable Stress Design and Strength Design
UNIT TWO
Text The Tensile Test
Reading Material A Comparative Study of the Mechanical
Properties of Ductile and Brittle Materials
B Strength Theories
UNIT THREE
Text Application of Mechanics of Materials and Its Study Method
Reading Material A Stress
B Method of Sections
UNIT FOUR
Text Description of the Force and Displacement
Method
Reading Material A Types of Beams
B Methods of Joints and Sections for Analyzing a Truss
UNIT FIVE
Text Structure of Buildings
Reading Material A Structural Planning and Design
B Types of Loads and Types of Stress
UNIT SIX
Text Purpose of Structural Analysis, Modeling of
Structures and Relation of Analysis and Design
Reading Material A Matrix Analysis of Structures by the
Stiffness Method
B Equilibrium of Single Members
UNIT SEVEN
Text Properties of Concrete and Reinforced Concrete
Reading Material A Property of Structural Steel
B Nature of Wood and Masonry
UNIT EIGHT
Text Building Code (Ⅰ)
Reading Material A Building Code (Ⅱ)
B Building Code (Ⅲ)
UNIT NINE
Text Early History of Cement and Concrete
Reading Material A The Hydration Reaction
B Distress and Failure of Concrete
UNIT TEN
Text Advantages and Disadvantages of Concrete and Its
Water-Cement Ratio
Reading Material A Slump Test and Concrete Proportioning
B Curing Concrete
UNIT ELEVEN
Text Mortar
Reading Material A Water Retentivity
B Cement Mortar and Lime Mortar
UNIT TWELVE
Text General Plannting Considerations
Reading Material A Housing
B House
UNIT THIRTEEN
Text Factory Design
Reading Material A Modern Building Construction
B Building
UNIT FOURTEEN
Text Fundamental Objective of Structural
Dynamics Analysis
Reading Material A Organization of the Text
B Methods of Discretization
UNIT FIFTEEN
Text Contents of Theory of Elasticity
Reading Material A Basic Assumptions in Classical Elasticity
B Members in a State of Two-Dimensional Stress
UNIT SIXTEEN
Text Historical Development of Finite Element Method
Reading Material A General Description of the Finite Element
Method
B Introduction of Displacement Approach
Appendix I Vocabulary
Appendix Ⅱ Translation for Reference
Appendix Ⅲ Key to Exercises