V knige izlozheny teoreticheskie osnovy soprotivleniya materialov i dany prakticheskie rekomendatsii, pozvolyayushchie samostoyatel'no priobresti navyki resheniya tipichnykh zadach soprotivleniya materialov o prochnosti, zhestkosti i ustoychivosti inzhenernykh sooruzheniy i detaley mashin. Kniga yavlyaetsya svoeobraznym trenazherom dlya tekh, kto khochet nauchit'sya reshat' tipichnye zadachi soprotivleniya materialov. V ney privodyatsya varianty zadach dlya samostoyatel'noy raboty i pomoshch' v vide urovnevykh podskazok, pomogayushchikh postepenno usvaivat' znaniya v poshagovom rezhime, perekhodya ot urovnya k urovnyu. Kniga prednaznachena dlya studentov ochnoy i zaochnoy form obucheniya, izuchayushchikh soprotivleniya materialov, i lits, kotorye zhelayut samostoyatel'no izuchit' etu distsiplinu.