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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Kobe Bryant and the draft day trade that changed NBA history. Threats and uneasiness landed Kobe Bryant to the Lakers 20 years ago. With the 13th pick in the 1996 NBA Draft, the Charlotte Hornets selected Kobe Bryant out of Lower Merion High School in Philadelphia. Then, in a draft day trade that would change the course of NBA history, they dealt him to the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for Vlade Divac. This much is indisputable.