Mechanical Properties of Solids

What “Mechanical Properties of Solids” begins with

CHAPTER EIGHT MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF SOLIDS 8.1 INTRODUCTION In Chapter 6, we studied the rotation of the bodies and then realised that the motion of a body depends on how mass is distributed within the body. We restricted ourselves to simpler situations of rigid bodies. A rigid body generally means a hard solid object having a definite shape and size. But in reality, bodies can be stretched, compressed and bent.