This document provides an overview of Chapter 2 from the textbook "Mechanics of Materials" which covers stress and strain under axial loading. The chapter discusses normal strain, stress-strain diagrams for ductile and brittle materials, Hooke's law, elastic vs plastic behavior, fatigue, thermal stresses, Poisson's ratio, generalized Hooke's law, dilatation, shearing strain, and more. The document includes example problems and solutions related to determining deformations and stresses in structural members under various loading conditions.