Interactive Mechanics of Materials Tutorial 1.0

Interactive Mechanics of Materials Tutorial by The McGraw-Hill Companies is an interactive learning program designed to help students master core topics in mechanics of materials—also known as strength of materials. Built to complement undergraduate engineering courses, it breaks complex concepts into guided, self-paced modules that combine clear explanations, dynamic visuals, and hands-on problem solving.

Students learn by exploring how loads, geometry, and material properties affect stresses, strains, and deflections. Step-by-step examples and practice problems provide immediate feedback and targeted hints, reinforcing sound problem-solving strategies from free-body diagrams to equilibrium, constitutive relations, compatibility, and checks. Visualizations make abstract ideas concrete, helping users build intuition that translates directly to homework, labs, and exams.

Key features:

• Concept overviews with interactive figures for stress, strain, axial loading, torsion, bending, shear, and combined loading
• Animated shear and moment diagrams, stress/strain distributions, and Mohr’s circle for stress transformation
• Parameter controls that show real-time effects on internal forces, stresses, and deflections
• Guided example problems with hints, intermediate steps, and unit-aware calculations
• Practice exercises with instant feedback to identify and correct common errors
• Coverage of beam deflection, buckling fundamentals, and failure considerations at an introductory level
• Built-in glossary and quick-reference formula tables
• Suitable for civil, mechanical, aerospace, and materials engineering students; helpful for FE exam preparation
• An effective supplement for lectures, computer labs, or flipped-classroom assignments; pairs well with McGraw-Hill mechanics of materials texts

With its blend of theory, visualization, and interactive practice, this tutorial strengthens conceptual understanding and problem-solving confidence in a foundational engineering subject.

Interactive Mechanics of Materials Tutorial is developed by The McGraw-Hill Companies. The most popular version of this product among our users is 1.0.