UNIT ONE Text Introduction to Mechanics of Materials Reading Material A Shear Center B Allowable Stress Design and Strength Design UNIT TWO Text The Tensile Test Reading Material A Comparative Study of the Mechanical Properties of Ductile and Brittle Materials B Strength Theories UNIT THREE Text Application of Mechanics of Materials and Its Study Method Reading Material A Stress B Method of Sections UNIT FOUR Text Description of the Force and Displacement Method Reading Material A Types of Beams B Methods of Joints and Sections for Analyzing a Truss UNIT FIVE Text Structure of Buildings Reading Material A Structural Planning and Design B Types of Loads and Types of Stress UNIT SIX Text Purpose of Structural Analysis, Modeling of Structures and Relation of Analysis and Design Reading Material A Matrix Analysis of Structures by the Stiffness Method B Equilibrium of Single Members UNIT SEVEN Text Properties of Concrete and Reinforced Concrete Reading Material A Property of Structural Steel B Nature of Wood and Masonry UNIT EIGHT Text Building Code (Ⅰ) Reading Material A Building Code (Ⅱ) B Building Code (Ⅲ) UNIT NINE Text Early History of Cement and Concrete Reading Material A The Hydration Reaction B Distress and Failure of Concrete UNIT TEN Text Advantages and Disadvantages of Concrete and Its Water-Cement Ratio Reading Material A Slump Test and Concrete Proportioning B Curing Concrete UNIT ELEVEN Text Mortar Reading Material A Water Retentivity B Cement Mortar and Lime Mortar UNIT TWELVE Text General Plannting Considerations Reading Material A Housing B House UNIT THIRTEEN Text Factory Design Reading Material A Modern Building Construction B Building UNIT FOURTEEN Text Fundamental Objective of Structural Dynamics Analysis Reading Material A Organization of the Text B Methods of Discretization UNIT FIFTEEN Text Contents of Theory of Elasticity Reading Material A Basic Assumptions in Classical Elasticity B Members in a State of Two-Dimensional Stress UNIT SIXTEEN Text Historical Development of Finite Element Method Reading Material A General Description of the Finite Element Method B Introduction of Displacement Approach Appendix I Vocabulary Appendix Ⅱ Translation for Reference Appendix Ⅲ Key to Exercises