Roark's Formulas for Stress and Strain (Hardcover)

by Warren C. Young (Author)

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Product Description
The best reference on stress analysis ever published--now bigger and better than ever! Roark's Formulas For Stress and strain, Sixth Edition. Engineers the world over have used Roark's formulas for fast, superior stress analysis in engineering design. The sixth edition has it all--hundreds of valuable formulas and new data on curved beams, shell, and planes areas. It will save you hours of valuable time and money every time you design and analyze the physical and environmental stresses of structural components. With Roark, you don't have to resort to costly and time-consuming numerical analysis. You'll be able to quickly and easily apply formulas for shells, plates, beams, bars, columns, and planes to verify the accuracy and reliability of their design.

From the Back Cover
The Ultimate Roark's now includes--
* New material
* More tables and case studies
* Easier-to-read notations and figures
* More accessible layout
* Consistent table and equation numbering
* More on experimental stress analysis and stress concentrations
* New data on material behavior under stress and strain including appendix on composite materials
* Updated tables

With each succeeding edition, this renowned reference has proven itself as the be-all, end-all resource for designers, engineers, and analysts working with calculations of loads and stress. The Seventh Edition is no exception, as it carries on the book's tradition of presenting equations and diagrams of structural properties all in an easy-to-use, thumb-through format. Offering readability, the latest edition of Roark's Formulas for Stress and Strain is truly the best Roark's yet, and the one reference that you'll turn to most, project after project, year after year. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 736 pages
• Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill (Tx); 6th edition (January 1, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0070725411
• ISBN-13: 978-0070725416
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #399,160 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Every structural engineer should have a copy., March 13, 2001

By	Mr ANDREW M LESTER (Cumbria, England, Europe) - See all my reviews

A very usefull reference book for the practising structural or mechanical engineer. However it could be significantly improved by some modernisation and rationalisation ie: removing references out-dated information and references from the 1920's and 1930's,etc. Also by standardising variables and equations, eg: the variable for the width of a section may be 'b' in one chapter 'd' in another, also 'tw' may represent flange thickness rather than web thickness, etc. The book examples are all in U.S. (lbs, feet) units, annoying the European (N, m) user, and may start on one page, then be interupted by 20 pages of tables before continuing on. So the general layout could do with being significantly improved.

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars PLEASE LIST EDITION OF BOOK, MARKETPLACE SELLERS, March 29, 2005

By	D. Trible "dhtrible" (Planet Earth) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Roark's Formulas for Stress and Strain (Hardcover)

THIS IS NOT A REVIEW ON THIS BOOK --- THIS IS A COMMENT FOR MARKETPLACE SELLERS FOR THIS BOOK AND ALL ENGINEERING BOOKS --- YOU NEED TO LIST WHICH EDITION YOU ARE SELLING, AS THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE BUYERS TO KNOW! DIFFERENT EDITIONS CAN BE IN DIFFERENT UNIT SYSTEMS, AND MOST PEOPLE ONLY WANT TO HAVE A PARTICULAR EDITION (FIRST, LATEST, ETC)! --- THANKS!

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well Thought Out Upgrade from Previous Editions, April 17, 2006

By	DCop (Houston, Texas United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Roark's Formulas for Stress and Strain (Hardcover)

I have three editions of this book: the classic 4th edition, the useless 5th edition and this, the 7th edition.

The 4th edition has simple format, is easy to use, but lacks methods for more sophisticated hand analyses and is sparse on explanations. The 5th is best used for a doorstop.

This edition is an excellent combination of the usefullness of the 4th edition with modern and more advanced methods.
The layout of each section has excellent explanatory material and provides the simple 4th edition type equations backed with more involved/advanced formulas which are very useful.

My hat is off to the authors. This is probably the best reference for those nasty stress and deflection hand calculations we all have to do from time to time.