Customer Reviews

Mechanics of Materials

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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.

fast shipping, product just as described. excellent condition! saved more than half the cost of purchasing the used book from university's book store, and this one was in better shape!

It's great to save money on a used book and have it look brand new. Never go to the book store again, you can always find a used book that looks like it never got used for less.

I just recently used this book in my mechanics of materials course and was pretty disappointed with it. It was hard to read and learn from. I ended up borrowing Philpot's mechanics of materials text from the library and it was orders of magnitude better.

The book is nicely arranged for the first time you read through it, but good luck finding what you are looking for later on. Since the questions are randomly throughout the book, makes finding sections next to impossible.

Caution: This book is meant for use in ASIA ONLY. It does not say anywhere in the post that this book is meant for ASIA ONLY. The problem is that this book is entirely different than the one you will need if you need this book for a class in the US.

It does seem to have more graphics than the American Version...I haven't really looked at either yet, to be able to compare them.

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.

This book does teach you pretty much everything you would need to know. It is not however a good read. It is one of the blandest books I have ever read, but I will not hold that against it since it is after all a textbook. The only reason I purchased this book, is that class homework is from it. I do not like the way that the book presents topics as it seems kind of backwards to me.

If you are looking to learn the topic, this book certainly can help you do that, but there may be better options.

I recieved the book quickly, and this product was in the condition described. Overall I had no negative issues with this purchase.