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Preface 15

Particular portions of certain chapters are not strongly required as preparation for the remainder
of that chapter, nor are they crucial for later chapters. Thus, although the topics involved are
important in their own right, they may be omitted or delayed, if desired, without serious loss of
continuity. These include Sections 4.5, 4.6 to 4.9, 5.4, 7.7 to 7.9, 8.7 to 8.9, 10.7, 11.7, 11.9,
and 13.3.
After completion of Chapter 8 on fracture mechanics, one option is to proceed directly to
Chapter 11, which extends the topic to fatigue crack growth. This can be done by passing over
all of Chapters 9 and 10 except Sections 9.1 to 9.3. Also, various options exist for limited, but
still coherent, coverage of the relatively advanced topics in Chapters 12 through 15. For example,
it might be useful to include some material from Chapter 14 on strain-based fatigue, in which
case some portions of Chapters 12 and 13 may be needed as prerequisite material. In Chapter 15,
Sections 15.1 to 15.4 provide a reasonable introduction to the topic of creep that does not depend
heavily on any other material beyond Chapter 4.

SUPPLEMENTS FOR INSTRUCTORS

For classroom instructors, as at academic institutions, four supplements are available: (1) a set of
printable, downloadable files of the illustrations, (2) digital files of Microsoft Excel solutions for
all but the simplest example problems worked in the text, (3) a manual containing solutions to
approximately half of the end-of-chapter problems for which calculation or a difficult derivation
is required, and (4) answers to all problems and questions that involve numerical calculation or
developing a new equation. These items are posted on a secure website available only to documented
instructors.
Instructor resources for the International Edition are available at www.
pearsoninternationaleditions.com/dowling.

REFERENCES
ASTM. 2010. “American National Standard for Use of the International System of Units (SI): The Modern
Metric System,” Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol. 14.04, No. SI10, ASTM International, West
Conshohocken, PA.
CHAPRA,S.C.and R. P. CANALE. 2010. Numerical Methods for Engineers, 6th ed., McGraw-Hill,
New York.