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Title: Advanced Strength and Applied Elasticity, Fourth Edition by Ansel C. Ugural, Saul K. Fenster ISBN: 0-13-047392-8 Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR Pub. Date: 30 January, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $110.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Advanced Strength and Applied Elasticity 4th Edition
Comment: 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.
Rating: 4
Summary: Good but not perfect
Comment: 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.
Rating: 2
Summary: Not Practical
Comment: 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 - good luck.
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Title: Concepts and Applications of Finite Element Analysis, 4th Edition by Robert D. Cook, David S. Malkus, Michael E. Plesha, Robert J. Witt ISBN: 0471356050 Publisher: Wiley Text Books Pub. Date: 17 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $109.95 |
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Title: System Dynamics, Fourth Edition by Katsuhiko Ogata ISBN: 0131424629 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 30 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $118.00 |
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Title: Dynamics of Structures: Theory and Applications to Earthquake Engineering (2nd Edition) by Anil K. Chopra ISBN: 0130869732 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 11 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $118.00 |
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Title: Fundamentals of Machine Component Design by Robert C. Juvinall, Kurt M. Marshek ISBN: 0471448443 Publisher: Wiley Text Books Pub. Date: 10 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $114.95 |
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Title: Engineering Design: A Materials and Processing Approach by George Ellwood Dieter ISBN: 0073661368 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math Pub. Date: 11 August, 1999 List Price(USD): $122.85 |
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