Introduction to Solid Mechanics : An Integrated Approach : Springer : 9781461467670 : 1461467675 : 08 Nov 2013 : Introduction to Solid Mechanics: An Integrated Approach presents for the first time in one text the concepts and processes covered in statics and mechanics of materials curricula following a granular, topically integrated approach. Since the turn of the millennium, it has become common in engineering schools to combine the traditional undergraduate offerings in rigid-body statics (usually called ?statics?) and deformable body mechanics (known traditionally as ?strength of materials? or, more recently, ?mechanics of materials?) into a single, introductory course in solid mechanics. Many textbooks for the new course sequentially meld pieces of existing, discrete books--sometimes, but not always, acknowledging the origin--into two halves covering Statics and Mechanics of Materials. In this volume, Professors Lubliner and Papadopoulos methodically combine the essentials of stati