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Title: Mechanics of Materials by William F. Riley, Leroy D. Sturges, Don H. Morris ISBN: 0-471-58644-7 Publisher: Wiley Pub. Date: 21 July, 1998 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $118.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (2 reviews)
Rating: 2
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Comment: This book was written for seasoned professionals. I am a engineering student, and I depend on this book to help me understand mechanics of materials, but it simply doesn't do this. The authors of the book assume that all readers already know the material. It is extremely frustrating to read this book. The example problems are ambigous. The reading simply does not prepare the reader for the problems at the end of each chapter. The only reason why I give this book two stars is because they have very good visual illustrations.
Rating: 4
Summary: Comprehensive and well written
Comment: I bought this book as a supplementary reference for mechanics of materials, which I do at my job. The book is well written, with plenty of example problems sprinkled throughout. I also found this book to be very comprehensive. For example, I found material on the mechanics of shrink wrapping, which I don't see in many other books on strength of materials. The only thing I would fault is that some of the chapters are too long and would have been better from a pedogical standpoint if they'd been broken up into smaller chapters. In particular, Chapter 7 on beam stresses could have been divided into separate chapters concentrating on pure bending and transverse loading. That way, a discussion of pure bending leads naturally into transverse loading. Instead, these topics are sort of thrown together into one big chapter, overwhelming the student. But overall, it's an excellent volume. Given a choice, I'd recommend Beer and Johnston, but you won't go wrong with Riley et al. either.
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Title: Manufacturing Engineering and Technology (4th Edition) by Serope Kalpakjian, Stephen R. Schmid ISBN: 0201361310 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 15 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $120.00 |
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Title: Engineering Mechanics , Dynamics by J. L. Meriam, L. Glenn Kraige ISBN: 0471406457 Publisher: Wiley Pub. Date: 28 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $122.95 |
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Title: Fluid Mechanics with Student Resources CD-ROM by Frank M. White ISBN: 0072831804 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math Pub. Date: 03 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $136.35 |
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Title: Engineering Mechanics, Dynamics by William F. Riley, Leroy D. Sturges ISBN: 0471053392 Publisher: Wiley Pub. Date: December, 1995 List Price(USD): $107.95 |
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Title: Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics by Michael J. Moran, Howard N. Shapiro ISBN: 0471274712 Publisher: Wiley Pub. Date: 06 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $127.95 |
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