由孟庆元主编的《力学专业英语》是为工程力学及其他相关专业大学本科生专业英语教学而编写的教材。书中的课文涉及到了力学学科中的许多领域。有关的专业术语以及在科学文献中常见的科技英语句型和语法结构都贯穿于本书中。

由孟庆元主编的《力学专业英语》从应力和应变的基本概念开始，介绍了有关静力学、动力学、弹性力学、塑性力学、材料力学行为和机理、计算和实验方法、断裂和疲劳、计算机以及民用和空间技术等诸多领域的专业知识，选材广泛，内容精练。

《力学专业英语》适合于工程力学及其他相关专业的大学本科生或研究生作专业英语教材，也可作为科技人员提高英语水平的阅读材料。

Lesson 1 Stress and Strain

Lesson 2 Tensile Stress-strain Behavior

Lesson 3 Torsion of A Circular Bar

Lesson 4 Deflections of Beams

Lesson 5 Gravitation in the Universe

Lesson 6 Equilibrium of Rigid Bodies

Lesson 7 Newton's Laws of Motion

Lesson 8 The Planar Motion of A Rigid Body

Lesson 9 Theorems of Particle Dynamics

Lesson 10 Vibrations of A Single Particle

Lessson 11 Stress Equilibrium and Compatibility

Lesson 12 Elastic Constitutive Relations

Lesson 13 Stress Concentrations

Lesson 14 Buckling of Columns

Lesson 15 What Are Dynamic Problems？

Lesson 16 General Description of Wave

Lesson 17 Potential Energy Method

Lesson 18 Principle of Virtual Work

Lesson 19 Introduction to Computer Hardware

Lesson 20 Introduction to Computer Software

Lesson 21 Metallic Materials

Lesson 22 Nonmetallic Materials

Lesson 23 Composite Materials

Lesson 24 Behavior of Composite Materials

Lesson 25 Basic Deformations of Materials

Lesson 26 Failure Modes of Materials

Lesson 27 Plastic Behavior of A Tensile Bar

Lesson 28 Yield Criteria

Lesson 29 Plastic Flow Rule

Lesson 30 Plastic Limit Analysis

Leson 31 Mechanisms of Elastic Deformation

Lesson 32 Mechanisms of Plastic Deformation

Lesson 33 Finite Element Method

Lesson 34 Programming A Problem Solution

Lesson 35 Experimental Techniques

Lesson 36 Photoelasticity

Lesson 37 Fracture of Brittle Materials

Lesson 38 Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics

Lesson 39 Ductile. Fracture

Lesson 40 Fatigue in Metals

Lesson 41 Time-Dependent Deformation in Solids

Lesson 42 Viscous Behavior of Polymers

Lesson 43 Creep in Metals

Lesson 44 Friction and Wear of Materials

Lesson 45 Basic Equations of Fluid Mechanics

Lesson 46 Civil Engineering

Lesson 47 The Airplanes

Lesson 48 Communications Satellites

Lesson 49 Travel into Outer Space

Lesson 50 Course of Mechanics in UMIST

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