what is solid mechanics?

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Solid Mechanics is the most useful and necessary subject for engineers. Engineering, regardless of different branches, requires the use of different types of material. Let it be mechanical, civil, or electrical, all use some sort of material from less to large extent. It might be steel, iron or aluminum, or wood, concrete or soil derivative, or their combinations. 

Before using any material into the construction work or any such work, it is very necessary to know the different properties of the material. It is equally necessary to know, how does the material behave in different environments; what are the maximum capacities of the material while considering the application of various physical and environmental factors? Will it stand up to our requirements and at the same time be economical?

Solid mechanics is the part of mechanics that deals with the study of the behavior of solid materials regarding their motion and deformation with respect to the application of forces, temperature changes, and other physical factors.

In civil engineering, solid mechanics mostly cover the study of motion and deformation of materials under the action of forces.

While studying science, one come across different mechanics that is classical mechanics or Newtonian mechanics, relativistic mechanics, and quantum mechanics. It may be static or dynamics. 

Due to the large and accurate results of the application of Newtonian mechanics on engineering problems, Newtonian mechanics is used by the engineers.

As being said earlier that solid mechanics is the study of deformation and motion of solid materials under the action of forces, it is one of the most fundamental applied engineering mechanics. It is used to describe, explain, and predict many of the physical phenomena around us.

For example,

A truss system that is carrying a deck of a bridge will hold for how long?


What will be the effect of bombing on a mountain regarding its strength and capacity of holding a foundation of a multistory building?


What will be the maximum deformation in the suspension cable of a suspension bridge and what will the maximum age of the bridge in use?


At what intensity of earthquake will a building collapse?



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