《材料力学(第4版)(英文缩编版)》保留了原版教材的特色，同时结合国内双语教学的需要适当地删减了一些内容，如去掉了塑性变形（除轴向拉伸与压缩变形以外）等国内材料力学教材都不讲授或很少讲授的内容，精选了部分例题、习题讲解和习题等。 针对本专业的特点，尝试在国外**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
2.4 Hooke's Law; Modulus of Elasticity
2.5 Elastic versus Plastic Behavior of a Material
2.6 Repeated Loadings; Fatigue
2.7 Deformations of Members under Axial Loading
Problems 2.1
2.8 Statically Indeterminate Problems
Problems 2.2
2.9 Poisson's Ratio
2.10 Multiaxial Loading; Generalized Hooke's Law
2.11 Shearing Strain
Problems 2.3
2.12 Stress and Strain Distribution under Axial Loading; Saint-Venant's Principle
2.13 Stress Concentrations
Problems 2.4
Review and Summary for Chapter 2
Review Problems
Computer Problems
3 Torsion
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Preliminary Discussion of the Stresses In a Shaft
3.3 Deformations in a Circular Shaft
3.4 Stresses in the Elastic Range
Problems 3.1
3.5 Angle of Twist in the Elastic Range
3.6 Statically Indeterminate Shafts
Problems 3.2
3.7 Design of Transmission Shafts
3.8 Stress Concentrations in Circular Shafts
Problems 3.3
Review and Summary for Chapter 3
Review Problems
Computer Problems
4 Pure Bending
5 Analysis and Design of Beams for Bnding
6 Shearing Stresses in Beams
7 Transformations of Stress and Strain
8 Principal Stresses Under a Given Loaing
9 Deflection of Beams
10 Columns
Appendices