1. Base quantities of the strength of materials 1.1 Function and classification of the strength of materials 1.2 Characteristic values of the tensile test 1.3 Base quantities of the strength of materials 1.3.1 Normal and shear stress 1.3.2 Change of length, strain and transversal contraction 1.3.3 Change of angle, shear 1.3.4 Young’s and shear modulus, Poisson’s ratio, thermal expansion coeff. 2. Tension and compression of rods 2.1 Normal stresses under variable cross sections 2.2 Deformations of rod systems 2.2.1 Statically determined systems 2.2.2 Statically undetermined systems 2.2.3 Condition of compatibility 2.2.3 Examples 3. Tensors in mechanics* 3.1 States of spatial stress 3.2 Stresses in the tetrahedral element 3.2.1 Stress and normal vector 3.2.2 Cauchy’s formula 3.3 Stress tensor 3.2.1 Stress tensor as a linear map 3.3.2 Tensor transformation under rotation of the coordinate system 3.3.3 Principal directions and eigenvalues 3.3.4 Examples 3.4 Strain tensor 3.4.1 Biaxial strain state 3.4.2 Evaluation of strain gauge measurements 3.5 Mohr's circle 3.5.1 Graphical visualization of the tensor transformation 3.5.2 Special stress states 4. Stresses caused by bending 4.1 Introduction to calculation of bending stress 4.1.1 Neutral plane, tension and compression zone 4.2 Area moments of inertia 4.2.1 Simple cross sections 4.2.2 Parallel axis theorem 4.2.3 Area moment of inertia tensor 4.2.4 Principal directions and moments 4.3 Symmetrical and asymmetrical bending 4.4 Examples ()* This section is fundamental for all subsequent mechanics and physics classes.