Mechanics of Materials (with CD-ROM and InfoTrac) 
asked by smiling on November 3, 2006 10:36 PM
Now featuring the problem-solving CD-ROM, StressAlyzer, the Sixth Edition of this book continues its tradition as the leading text in Mechanics of Materials. With its hallmark clarity and accuracy, this text develops student understanding along with analytical and problem-solving skills. The main topics are the analysis and design of structural members subjected to tension, compression, torsion, bending, and more. The book includes more material than can be taught in a single course so instructors have the opportunity to select the topics they wish to cover.
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This book is awful. The writing style is terrible. I think the author needs to learn how to speak english. Here's a quote from the book:
"Having found the principal stresses and their directions for an element in plane stress, we now consider the determination of the maximum shear stresses and the planes on which they act."
Instead he SHOULD have written:
"We will now find the maximum shear stresses."
The whole book is like this. It is far too wordy. This book could be a lot smaller if the author didn't try to make everything so complicated.
"Having found the principal stresses and their directions for an element in plane stress, we now consider the determination of the maximum shear stresses and the planes on which they act."
Instead he SHOULD have written:
"We will now find the maximum shear stresses."
The whole book is like this. It is far too wordy. This book could be a lot smaller if the author didn't try to make everything so complicated.
reviewed by bookworks on November 18, 2006 4:54 PM
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This book is very well written, it is easy to follow and each of the examples are explained in good detail. I would say that overall this is one of the better text books that I have used in my academic career.
reviewed by vern on November 18, 2006 7:34 PM
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I was surprised at how clear and thorough this book was. I read almost the entire book (left out just a number of sections), and if you're like me and need to know the proofs for the engineering models, then this is great. It explained derivations, equation limitations, and problem-solving methods in a very satisfying way - I can honestly say that, because of this book, I have a better appreciation for how engineering methods are developed. Assuming you've studied differential equations and statics, then this book will be just right for you.
All the problems have solutions in the back, which was very helpful. However, occasionally I ran into problems that I needed detailed solutions to, so you might need to see your professor about those. Also, I have a strong feeling that maybe 3-4 problems out of the ~100 that I did had wrong or oversimplified solutions- but I could be wrong, or I used different approximation methods. So not counting that tiny minority of aggravating problems, this book is both pleasantly informative and challenging, and it made me continue to like engineering, unlike some other books/classes I've used/taken.
reviewed by maxmill on November 22, 2006 3:46 PM