Advanced Strength and Applied Elasticity (4th Edition) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Ansel C. Ugural, Saul K. Fenster
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
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Sales Rank: 460668
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 4
Pages: 560
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Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 7.1 x 1
ISBN: 0130473928
Dewey Decimal Number: 620.1123
UPC: 076092029922
EAN: 9780130473929
Publication Date: February 9, 2003
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Product Description
Appropriate for all courses covering strength and elasticity in the context of aeronautical, civil, or mechanical engineering disciplines. Systematic, comprehensive, and practical, this classic exploration of real-world stress analysis has been thoroughly updated to reflect the latest methods and issues. It provides carefully balanced coverage of material mechanics, theory of elasticity methods, and computer-oriented numerical methods, all supported with a broad range of fully worked illustrative examples, many taken directly from actual engineering practice. Coverage includes: strain and stress-strain relationships; two-dimensional problems in elasticity; material failure criteria; bending of beams; torsion of prismatic bars; axisymmetrically loaded members; beams on elastic foundations; energy methods; elastic stability; plastic behavior of materials; plates and shells; and more. Additions to the Fourth Edition include enhanced coverage of failure criteria; fracture mechanics; compound cylinders; numerical methods; energy and variational methods; buckling of stepped columns; and common shell types.The book also provides an extensive set of sample problems, as well as tables covering software for principle stresses and area properties; beam deflection, material properties, and conversion factors.
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 Finally a book that explains with words! April 20, 2007
M. Malkova (Montreal, Canada)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I don't understand what the other reviewers are talking about, I find this book a lifesaver for my Deformable Solids course, because the authors take the time to explain the formulas they put in the book with real words. I appreciate that the formulas are in the text and not coldly thrown at you in a scary cluster, making the concepts much easier to understand thoroughly.
I found the information easy to find and I think the examples are great, with detailed and explained solutions.
Finally a book that cares about "how" and "why" instead of just "what".
 Good but not perfect May 23, 2003
cenan oezkaya (TURKEY)
First few chapters are well treated but advanced topics are not covered in detail.For example, beams on elastic foundation chapter is not covered extensively.To conclude,anyone interested in advanced mechanics of materials should own it.
 An elementary comprehensive treatment of applied elasticity June 1, 2000
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book covers the elementary topic of mechanics of material (stress-strain relations, etc.) and more advanced applied topics (thin plate & shell, energy method, etc.). The elementary topics are well organized and easy to understand, but the more advanced topics are not enough, especially on plate and shell theory.
Not Practical September 4, 2002
As an Aerospace Engineer (structures), I found this to be the one book that remains on my shelf. It has valid and accurate ACEDEMIC explanations of structural systems - but it does not lend itself to practical implementation of those methods...and many other books do! If this book is supplementing a curriculum, it will serve its purpose well. However, if you actually plan to use what you've learned - not here.
For a book that fits the requirements of application, please refer to "Practical Sress Analysis for Design Engineers", Flabel (ISBN 0-9647014-0-5)
Advanced Strength and Applied Elasticity 4th Edition February 12, 2004
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Many Engineering text books lately do not seem to be written well. I feel that this is not the fault of the authors as much as it is the fault of the editor. This book overall is not in my worst text book list, but can be improved very easily. I have given it a 2 star rating, meaning that it still can be improved upon and until it is improved it is a difficult book to follow. The problems with this book are:
1. Example problems are not included in the text in a sequential order. Instead a concept is introduced and five pages later there is an example problem with that material. The example problems should be there to reinforce the theoretical material. When it is so many pages later it is difficult to know what the example is trying to show. 2. There are too many formulas included in text lines. Formulas should be written in a formula type instead of included within a paragraph. When it is in the paragraph it makes it difficult to follow. 3. Topic names and definitions of concepts should be highlighted so the reader can easily go from one topic to another with a better understanding of the material. 4. As I am reading the text I have made my own illustrations for my own study. I therefore believe that the editor, with an understanding of the material, could have been able to include illustrations. 5. There is a constant reference to formulas written in previous chapters. Just rewrite the formula if it is so important to the understanding of the material. Instead the reader is in a constant state of turning pages. I am glad this book has a good binding. To the authors: Since I am attending your University, Please do not take my criticism personally. Instead, listen to my fellow students when the review time comes about our course.
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