This textbook and exercise book clearly and understandably presents the most important concepts and workflows for an engineering-compliant strength verification. The focus is on a materials mechanics perspective, supported by extensive material and property tables. More than 140 practice-oriented exercises of varying difficulty, complete with brief solutions, deepen understanding and ensure learning success. Advanced mathematical knowledge is not required to solve the exercises. The textbook also includes a glossary of English technical terms. For easier use as a reference work, the 4th edition features color highlighting of the most important calculation formulas.