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 | | Advanced Mechanics of Materials (2nd Edition) by Robert Cook, Warren Young ISBN-10: 9780133969610 ISBN-10: 0-13-396961-4 ISBN-13: 9780133969610 ISBN-13: 978-0-13-396961-0 Paperback 1998-09-07 Prentice Hall Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description Treats topics by extending concepts and procedures a step or two beyond elementary mechanics of materials and emphasizes the physical view -- mathematical complexity is not used where it is not needed. Includes new coverage of symmetry considerations, rectangular plates in bending, plastic action in plates, and critical speed of rotating shafts. Expands the coverage of fatigue, the reciprocal theorem, semi-inverse problems in elasticity, thermal stress, and buckling. | ||
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Book is not student friendly Book shows minimal content, when detailed descriptions are needed NO ANSWERS TO PROBLEMS IN BACK OF BOOK PAPER BACK, that is a rip off to all engineering students. | ||
ok, not great Used this book for a graduate level class on mechanics of materials. I found that it was ok, but very concise and hard to understand at times. I was usually able to figure out solutions to the problems from reading the chapters but I really had to dig. Definatly could have been better written but a good professor will make up for the deficiencies of the text. | ||
Very reader un-friendly This book is perhaps the only text book in the market which deals with this particular subject. This is perhaps the only reason why the book is still being sold. The book is very difficult to understand. The language is often cryptic and the most critical mathematical steps are ommitted during derivations which makes this book practically useless. However, if you are already familiar with the principles of Advanced Solid Mechanics, you may find this book relatively useful. Until someone writes a better book, I guess we are stuck with this. | ||
Skips too many steps As a university professor, I chose this book for a graduate course because it seemed to cover the same topics that I wanted to cover. Unfortunately, after using it for a semester, I've found that the book always skips the key steps in a derivation. Often, it is only evident to the reader that steps have been skipped from the cryptic language used by the authors: "Using equilibrium and compatibility, the following expression results". Very important information is left out. The book is so short on detail that it would be better if the authors simply published a stack of formulas. | ||
Good for classroom, not for self-study This book contains a lot of valuable information. However, for self-study, there are too few examples and no answers provided to the problems. It's sometimes hard to decide whether you understand because you don't know whether you're solving problems correctly. A solutions manual would make this a 5-star book. In a class-room setting, I'd give the book 4 stars. | ||