Ranking Tasks for Mechanics of Materials is an ideal companion text for Mechanics of Materials courses in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering.   A great supplement to your engineering text, Ranking Tasks for Mechanics of Materials, 1/e, uses ranking tasks to help students truly understand engineering concepts. With many years of experience studying student learning, Brown and Poor provide a unique approach that helps students develop intuitive and correct understandings of fundamental mechanics concepts such as stress, strain, and internal forces and moment. This book includes ranking tasks on nearly all topics covered in a standard mechanics course.

Table of Contents:
Preface Acknowledgments About the Authors Sample Ranking Task I Sample Ranking Task II   Axially Loaded Members Normal Force I Normal Force II Normal Force III Normal Force IV Normal Force V Normal Stress I Normal Stress II Normal Stress III Normal Stress IV Normal Stress V Normal Stress VI Normal Stress VII Normal Strain I Normal Strain II Normal Strain III Normal Strain IV Normal Strain V Normal Strain VI Normal Strain VII Elongation I Elongation II Elongation III   Stress—Strain Diagrams Modulus of Elasticity Modulus of Resilience Modulus of Toughness Permanent Set Elastic Recovery Torsional Members Resultant Internal Torque I Resultant Internal Torque II Circular Cross Sections Polar Moment of Inertia I Polar Moment of Inertia II Polar Moment of Inertia about the X-Axis I Polar Moment of Inertia about the Y-Axis I Polar Moment of Inertia about the X-Axis II   Torsional Members Shear Stress I Shear Stress II Shear Stress III Angle of Twist I Angle of Twist II Angle of Twist III   Beams–Forces and Moments Normal Force I Shear Force I Bending Moment I Normal Force II Shear Force II Bending Moment II   Shear and Moment Diagrams Applied Load Shear Force I Shear Force II Shear Force III Bending Moment I Bending Moment II Bending Moment III Slope in Shear Diagram I Slope in Shear Diagram II Applied Moment Slope in Moment Diagram I Slope in Moment Diagram II   Moment of Inertia Moment of Inertia about the Y-Axis I Moment of Inertia about the X-Axis I Moment of Inertia about the Y-Axis II Moment of Inertia about the X-Axis II Moment of Inertia about the Y-Axis III Moment of Inertia about the X-Axis III Moment of Inertia about the X-Axis IV Beams–Internal Stresses Normal Stress I Normal Stress II Normal Stress III Normal Stress IV Normal Stress V Normal Stress VI Normal Stress VII Normal Stress VIII Normal Stress IX Normal Stress X   Beam Cross Sections Normal Stress I Normal Stress II Normal Stress III Normal Stress IV Normal Stress V Normal Stress VI Normal Stress VII Normal Stress VIII   Beams–Internal Stresses Shear Stress I Shear Stress II Shear Stress III   Beam Cross Sections Shear Stress I Shear Stress II Shear Stress III Shear Stress IV Shear Stress and Q I Shear Force and Q Shear Flow and Q I Shear Flow and Q II Shear Stress and Q II Shear Flow I Shear Flow II Shear Flow III Shear Flow IV   Thin-Walled Pressure Vessels Normal Stress I Normal Stress II Normal Stress III   Superposition Normal Stress I Normal Stress II Shear Stress I Shear Stress II Shear Stress III Axially Loaded Members Normal Stress VII Shear Stress Stress Elements Normal Stress I Shear Stress I Normal Stress II Normal Stress III Shear Stress II Maximum Principal Stress Maximum Shear Stress   Mohr’s Circle Normal Stress Shear Stress I TP I TS I Average Normal Stress Shear Stress II Principal Stress I Principal Stress II TP II TS II   Beams Deflection I Deflection II Displacement Moment and Displacement Slope Moment Functions