《工程力学专业英语》选编了工程力学专业涉及的科技英文文章，并注意纳入相应课程的新概念，覆盖面广。《工程力学专业英语》分单元介绍了英文科技报告、学位论文、期刊论文写作技巧和英汉科技文章的翻译技巧，旨在培养学生科技论文写作和翻译的基本技能。

Unit One Some Basic Concepts of Mechanics
Writing Skill of Experimental Research Report： INTRODUCTION （1）
Reading Material （1）： Kinetic Energy and Work
Reading Material （2）： The Lagrangian Method
Unit Two The Flexure Formula of Beams
Writing Skill of Experimental Research Report： INTRODUCTION （2）
Reading Material （1）： Metals in Mechanical and Structural Design
Reading Material （2）： Stability of Column
Unit Three What is Continuum Mechanics
Writing Skill of Experimental Research Report： INTRODUCTION （3）
Reading Material （1）： Stress
Reading Material （2）： Solid Mechanics
Unit Four Hooke's Law
Writing Skill of Experimental Research Report： METHOD and MATERIALS
Reading Material （1）： Basic Equations of Elastic Homogeneous and Isotropie Bodies
Reading Material （2）： Stress Waves in Solids
Unit Five Statically Indeterminate Structure
Writing Skill of Experimental Research Report： RESULTS and DISCUSSION
Reading Material （1）： Basic Structural Elements
Reading Material （2）： General Theory of Plane Trusses
Unit Six Free Vibrations： One Degree of Freedom
Writing Skill of Experimental Research Report： ABSTRACT
Reading Material （1）： Forced Harmonic Vibration
Reading Material （2）： Response to Arbitrary， Step， and Pulse Excitations
Unit Seven Description of Elastoplastie Material Response under Uniaxial Case
科技英语翻译技巧：科技文章的特点
Reading Material （1）： Yield Criteria of Metals
Reading Material （2）： Some Plasticity and Viscoplastieity Constitutive Theories
Unit Eight Experimental Stress Analysis
科技英语翻译技巧：词义引申和词量增减
Reading Material（1）：Strain Gage System
Reading Material（2）：Perspectives in Experimental Solid Mechanics
Unit Nine Direct Formulation of Finite Element Characteristics
科技英语翻译技巧：词性的转换和句子成分转换
Reading Material（1）：Variational Principle
Reading Material（2）：Generalization of the Finite Element Concepts
Unit Ten Fatigue of Materials
科技英语翻译技巧：常见多功能词的译法
Reading Material（1）：Linear Fracture Meehanics
Reading Material（2）：Fracture Mechanics
Unit Eleven Basic Terminology of Laminated Fiber—Reinforced Composite Materials
科技英语翻译技巧：数词的译法和被动语态的译法
Reading Material（1）：Macromechanical Behavior of a Lamina
Reading Material（2）：Shape Memory Alloy and Smart Hybrid Composites Advanced Materials for the 21st Century
Unit Twelve Fluid Mechanics
科技英语翻译技巧：定语从句及同位语从句的译法
Reading Material（1）：Constitutive Equations of Fluids
Reading Material（2）：Finite Difference Method
Unit Thirteen Rock Mechanics
科技英语翻译技巧：状语从句的译法
Reading Material（1）：Special Stress—Strain States of Rock
Reading Material（2）：Soil Mechanics
Unit Fourteen Structural Optimization
科技英语翻译技巧：长句的译法
Reading Material（1）：Research Directions in Computational Mechanics
Reading Material（2）：New Directions in Mechanics
附录：常用专业词汇和用语汇总表
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