SOLUTIONS MANUAL Volume I — Chapters 1-6 TO ACCOMPANY MECHANICS OF MATERIALS SECOND EDITION ROY R. CRAIG, JR. The University of Texas at Austin ® JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC. New York © Chichester * Weinheim « Brisbane « Singapore + Toronto“Torr books or for casomer service call |-600-CALL-WILEY (225-8945), Copyright © 2000 by John Wiley & Sons, ne Exeerps fom this work may be reproduced by instraciors for asiibation ona not-fr prot basis fr testing Iinsetional purposes ely to students envlled in courses for which the textbook as been adopted. ny other reproduction or oansaion of ths work beyond ta permitted by Sections 107 or 108 ofthe 1976 United Sates Copyright dct without the permission of he copyright ‘une maa. Requests for permission or farther Information shouldbe aaressed to the Permissions Depariment. Jom Wie & Sons, In, 605 Third Avenue New York, NY 10158-0012, ISBN o-s7138485.2 Printed in the United States of America loos76s4321 ri an dy Vic giACKNOWLEDGMENTS Doug Bendole, Greg Cabe, Cathy Cantu, Michelle Caskey, Stove Golab, Aly Khawaja, Brott Pickin, Clint Slatton, Shawn Van DeWiele, and lan Wagner have assisted me with the solution of homework problems forthe first and second editions. Lowe a special debt of gratitude to Shawn for the many months that she worked tirelessly and with characteristic meticulous attention to detail to produce the final ‘raft copy of the solutions and the camers-ready copy trom which the Solutions ‘Maral forthe first edition was produced, NOTES 1. There are undoubtedly some errors inthis Solutions Manualthat have “slipped through tho cracks.” would sincerely appreciate it if anyone discovering fn error would send me an e-mail message calling the error to my attention (oy-craigGmail texas.) 2. Although the above-named persons assisted me in the task of producing at least two, and In many cases thre, solutions for each homework problom, T personally produced many of the solutions, checked all of the lutions at two diflarent stages, and produced the camera-ready copy for many of the solutions. 3, This Solutions Manual (Vols. 1 and 2) contains complete, detailed solutions for all homework problems in the 2nd edition of Mechanics of Materials, with the exception of problems that call for eomputer solution. Roy R. Craig, Jr. Austin, TX, December 29, 1999