SCHAUM'S OUTLINE OF
THEORY AND PROBLEMS
OF
STRENGTH OF MATERIALS
Fourth Edition
WILLIAM A. NASH, Ph.D. Professor of Civil Engineering
University of Massachusetts
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This book is dedicated by the author to his parents, William A .
Nash and Rose Nash, for their years of patient guidance toward his
career.
WILLIAM A. NASH is Professor of Civil Engineering at the
University -0f Massachusetts. Amherst. He received his B.S. and
M.S. from the Illinois Institute of Technology and his Ph.D. from
the University of Michigan. He served as Structural Research
Engineer at the David Taylor Research Center of the Navy Department
in Washington. D.C., and was a f~ulty member at the University of
Aorida for 13 years prior to his present affiliation. He has had
extensive consulting experience with the U.S. Air Force. the U.S.
Navy Department, Lockheed Aerospace Corp., and the General Electric
Co. His special areas of interest are structural dynamics and
structural stability.
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