Strength Of Materials. Strength of Materials, also referred to as Mechanics of Materials, looks at the behavior of materials when forces are applied to them. These forces include different types of stresses upon and within the material in all different directions, and the strain that is experienced in the material due to those forces.
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During the 1996 off-season, the Lakers acquired 17-year-old Kobe Bryant from the Charlotte Hornets for Vlade Divac; Bryant was drafted 13th overall out of Lower Merion High School in Ardmore, Pennsylvania in that year's draft, by Charlotte. Los Angeles also signed free-agent Shaquille O'Neal.