《材料力学（第4版）英文缩编版》也引进了多个版本的英文原版教材，但由于教育体制和教学模式的差异，一时还很难直接用于我国目前的课程教学。缩编和改编是把优秀原版教材引入双语教学的桥梁。我们在开展材料力学双语教学的过程中，针对本专业的特点，尝试在国外优秀教材基础上精选其主体内容并进行适当缩编的方式，取得了较好的效果。通过几年的教学实践我们体会到，缩编的原版教材有内容贴近教学和语言原汁原味等特点，适于教学。

1 Introduction-Concept of Stress
1．1 Introduction
1．2 Stresses in the Members of a Structure
1．3 Analysis and Design
1．4 Axial Loading; Normal Stress
1．5 Shearing Stress
1．6 Bearing Stress in Connections
1．7 Application to the Analysis and Design of Simple Structures Problems 1．1
1．8 Stress on an Oblique Plane under Axial Loading
1．9 Stress under General Loading Conditions; Components of Stress
1．10 Design Considerations
Problems 1．2
Review and Summary for Chapter 1
Review Problems
Computer Problems

2 Stress and Strain-Axial Loading
2．1 Introduction
2．2 Normal Strain under Axial Loading
2．3 Stress-Strain Diagram
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