Mechanics of Engineering Materials is well-established as the definitive textbook on the mechanics and strength of materials for students of engineering principles throughout their degree course. Assuming little or no prior knowledge, the theory of the subject is developed from first principles and all topics of stress and strain analysis are covered right up to final year level. Mechanical properties such as tensile behaviour, fatigue, creep, fracture and impact are discussed and more advanced material is also included, particularly on finite element analysis, fracture mechanics and composite materials.
This second edition has been brought fully up-to-date in line with today's courses. Incorporating new, two-colour illustrations throughout, the book reinforces student comprehension of the theory through numerous new worked examples and end-of-chapter problems involving real engineering situations. An important new feature of this edition is the use and illustration of computer spreadsheets throughout as a powerful problem-solving tool.
Mechanics of Engineering Materials is an indispensible course text for undergraduate students of mechanical engineering, engineering science and civil engineering. It will also be a valuable reference for those studying BTEC and GNVQ courses.
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A comprehensive textbook on the mechanics and strength of materials for students of engineering throughout their undergraduate career. Assuming little or no prior knowledge, all of the topics of stress and strain analysis are covered. Mechanical properties such as tensile behavior, fatigue, creep, fracture, and impact are discussed, including the introduction of such advanced topics as finite element analysis, fracture mechanics, and composite materials. Computers and spreadsheets are used throughout to show their power as problem-solving tools.
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C.G. Armstrong is Reader in Mechanical Engineering at the Queen's University of Belfast.
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Sucks !,
By Geir Agustsson (Iceland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Mechanics of Engineering Materials (2nd Edition) (Paperback)
This is, without a doubt, the WORST text-book I have ever had in school ever! The examples are poorly written and all the numbers just put in the formulas right away so half of my time goes into finding out what formulas are being used, and the other half goes into reading the bad text. The problems are many with wrong given answers and well.. that is just typical because the book left me nothing. I would strongly recommend other books for subjects this book teaches.
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I can't believe how badly written this textbook is. I could find countless mistakes riddled throughout the pages including: missing units, wrong units, spelling mistakes, wrong answers given. In addition, the examples do not clearly show how to go about a certain problem, nor do they explain what equations are used. This textbook should have never been published.
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Not THAT bad, but you can do better,
By Mech PrEng (Stellenbosch, RSA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Mechanics of Engineering Materials (2nd Edition) (Paperback)
Unfortunately, I have to agree with other two reviews posted above. Every now and again I do refer to the book, but it's certainly not my favourite. I actually checked to see if there's a new edition out because I thought it would contain a lot of corrections. It does cover many topics, that's why I find it useful, but tread carefully.
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conrod force, principal second moments, fatigue strength reduction factor, complex stress system, complementary shear stress, yielding commences, strain circle, shear centre, isochronous curve, hoop compression, maximum shear stress theory, cell formulae, polar second moment, compound cylinder, minimum creep rate, vertical shear stress, steady stress, internal strain energy, statical equilibrium, axes theorem Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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