Reviews (3)

Good reference book
I find this book to be a very handy reference.Sometimes the equations get very involved, but I do like the way the material is presented.The font is kinda wierd (newest edition), but thats just a subjective thing for me. I also like the design section in the back, and the depth of information on design considerations is neat.Including this book, Swanson's analysis book is another good addition for joggling your memory on composite analysis that you took in grad school. :)

Not half bad
When I took a composite materials course as a senior at NCSU, the teacher didn't.In a fit of desperation, I went to the bookstore and looked at all (3) composite books.This one used the same symbology as my prof's lecture notes, so I bought it, despite the price. composites-trends
well written book . more practical application would have been appreciated. more information on trends in grp for nextsay 10 years ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Composite Materials    2. Engineering - General    3. Laminated materials    4. Material Science    5. Mechanical Properties Of Materials    6. Mechanical properties    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Technology    9. Technology & Industrial Arts    10. Materials science    11. Structural engineering    12. Technology / Material Science   

Reviews (27)

Boom, Fling, Bang, What fun!
Silly me, I used Ether starting fluid in my first potato cannon. That is downright dangerous. But this was prior to having a nicely written book with several projects that I didn't even think of. I haven't tried any of these projects yet, but they have been carefully thought out with safety in mind. The author also gives interesting backgrounds to the projects. I wouldn't want to be "hoisted with my own petard" as Shakespeare wrote. I'm going to wait till winter with a snow cover before attempting the fire kite. Great stuff! I recommend this.

Backyard Ballistics
Great for dad's to indulge their childhood daydreams whilst spending time with their kids.

good read
very interesting--shows some of the ways we entertained ourselves before computers and play stations. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Ballistics    2. Experiments    3. Experiments & Projects    4. Rockets (Aeronautics)    5. Science    6. Science/Mathematics    7. Mechanics of solids    8. Models & model-making    9. Science / Experiments & Projects    10. Science: General Issues   

Reviews (4)

Advanced Strength and Applied Elasticity 4th Edition
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. Good but not perfect
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.

Not Practical
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.
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Subjects:  1. Elasticity    2. Engineering - Mechanical    3. Engineering Mechanics    4. Material Science    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Strength Of Materials    7. Technology    8. Technology & Industrial Arts    9. Mechanics of solids    10. Science / Statics   

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A good book for mechanical engineering, I recomnend it to my students
This book covers most of the fundamental topics in fracture mechanics. I recommend it to my undergraduate students. It is very easy to understand. This book is a fundamental source in fracture mechanics. It is a classic book recommended by numerous bibliographies regarding this field of study.

Broad overview with not much rigor
This book covers most of the fundamental topics in fracture mechanics.However, it lacks derivations of the equations, and the illustrations are a very crude.This book is probably appropriate for undergraduate level work, but not for graduate level.

a must book for mechanical engineers
This book is a must for mechanical engineers who work in the field of fracture mechanics. It covers the subjects entirely.It is very easy to understand. this book is a fundamental source in fracture mechanics ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Engineering - Mechanical    2. Fracture mechanics    3. Material Science    4. Science/Mathematics    5. Technology    6. Technology & Industrial Arts    7. Mechanics of solids    8. Science / Mechanics   

Subjects:  1. Chemistry - General    2. Engineering - General    3. Material Science    4. Mechanical Properties Of Materials    5. Mechanical properties    6. Polymeric Materials    7. Polymeric composites    8. Polymers    9. Science/Mathematics    10. Technology    11. Technology & Industrial Arts    12. Materials science    13. Plastics & polymers technology    14. Technology / Material Science   

Reviews (14)

The Most Confusing Mechanics Book Around!
This book is awful. The writing style is terrible. I think the author needs to learn how to speak english. Here's a quote from the book:
Easy to Understand
This book is very well written, it is easy to follow and each of the examples are explained in good detail. I would say that overall this is one of the better text books that I have used in my academic career.

Great introductory text for strength of materials
I was surprised at how clear and thorough this book was.I read almost the entire book (left out just a number of sections), and if you're like me and need to know the proofs for the engineering models, then this is great.It explained derivations, equation limitations, and problem-solving methods in a very satisfying way - I can honestly say that, because of this book, I have a better appreciation for how engineering methods are developed.Assuming you've studied differential equations and statics, then this book will be just right for you.Read more

Subjects:  1. Engineering - General    2. Material Science    3. Nanostructures    4. Science/Mathematics    5. Technology    6. Technology & Industrial Arts    7. Mechanics of solids    8. Technology / Engineering / General   

Subjects:  1. Aeronautics & Astronautics    2. Engineering - Mechanical    3. Mechanics - Statics    4. Science    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Mechanics of solids    7. Science / Statics   

Reviews (3)

Best textbook I've ever had
Simple, concise, great examples, great illustrations, great problems.The style is: present a topic briefly, derive equation(s) quickly, show 3-4 examples of using said equation(s), give a couple dozen problems, and move right on to the next topic.Thanks Mr. Hibbeler, for making engineering students' lives just a bit easier.

Hibbeler - Best man ever
If it wasn't for Hibbeler, and his awesome text books, engineering would be much more difficult. If you take a course that has a Hibbeler text book, you learn more from reading the text than what you do going to class

a first course in mechanics
Hibbeler offers an undergraduate text for the mechanical engineering student. The materials studied are solids, not fluids. The discussion starts with the simplest case of treating the bodies as totally rigid. Then we see a development of Newtonian mechanics, commencing with statics. No net velocities, in some obvious reference frame.
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Subjects:  1. Material Science    2. Mechanical Properties Of Materials    3. Science/Mathematics    4. Strength of materials    5. Structural analysis (Engineeri    6. Structural analysis (Engineering)    7. Technology    8. Technology & Industrial Arts    9. Mechanics of solids    10. Technology / Material Science   

Reviews (3)

Good book but so much money
This book is massive and covers a huge spectrum of material.Probably not cost effective in comparison to Fetter and Walecka unless you get it for under eighty bucks.I enjoyed it quite a bit until the Postal Service stole it from me.

Containing too many misprints.
Unfortunately, the 3rd edition of Mahan's book contains enormous number of misprints. Sometimes, it is impossible to understand what is meant by the author without consulting the previous edition. For example, in Sec. 4.1.5. the author refers in the text to the equation which apparently should be between Eqs. (4.126) and (4.127) but which had been omitted. At the same time, some evident drawbacks of the previous edition have not been corrected. For example, the definition of the thermodynamic average used in Sec. 3.6 is different from that used in the previous sections, although it is not mentioned in the text. Despite the book is an excellent introduction into the field of Many-Particle Physics, I would recommend to the customer to either buy the previous edition or to wait for a new one.

Bien detaille, comprehensible.
Un excellent livre sur un sujet d'actualite. G. Mahan discute de nombreuses en detaillant a chaque fois les etapes necessaires et en ne negligeant pas les explications ni les liens entre les differentestheories. Vu le prix, courez a votre bibliotheque pour vous le procurer! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Green's functions    2. Many-body problem    3. Physics    4. Quantum Mechanics    5. Quantum Theory    6. Science    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Solid State Physics    9. Condensed matter physics (liquids & solids)    10. Technology / Material Science   

Subjects:  1. Aeronautics & Astronautics    2. Engineering - Mechanical    3. Mechanics - Dynamics - General    4. Mechanics - General    5. Science    6. Science/Mathematics    7. Technology & Industrial Arts    8. Mechanics of solids    9. Science / Dynamics   

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Im a little worried
I just finished reading chapter one.I know it is quite early to make judgements, but already I'm starting to feel uneasy. As someone who has always enjoyed physics and math(and done well) I feel a little more insight into what is trying to be explained would be great.Im a student at the authors institution so I think thats why we have to use this book.I agree with others that there is a lot of waisted commentary so far, but it may prove to be usefull later.It just seems like a lot is thrown into one chapter and doesn't really mix well.More time, or more explanation about what is trying to be explained would greatly benefit the first chapter.

Pretty Good Overall
I'm an undergrad physics/engineering student.I thought this book was reasonably well written and clear.It could benefit from more example problems, and some solution techniques.
Wordy, some explanations are not clear, can be better.
I finished chapter 7. The authors do not show each step how to get the equations. Instead, a lot of math steps are missing. Unless you are good at math and recall all the fundamental physics equations, you will spend a lot of time to derive the equations by yourself. Without derive the equations, you can only accept the results without any insight. This book tries to cover introduction materials and more advanced materials.
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Subjects:  1. Electronics - General    2. Electronics - Semiconductors    3. Electronics - Solid State    4. Science/Mathematics    5. Semiconductors    6. Solid State Electronics    7. Technology    8. Technology & Industrial Arts    9. Circuits & components    10. Electronic devices & materials    11. Technology / Electronics / General   

Subjects:  1. Chemistry - General    2. Cristaux liquides    3. Crystallography    4. Guides, manuels, etc    5. Handbooks, manuals, etc    6. Liquid crystals    7. Physics    8. Science    9. Science/Mathematics    10. Condensed matter physics (liquids & solids)    11. Materials science    12. Physical chemistry    13. Science / Physics   

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Erudite and encyclopedic but extremely expensive
I've used Palik & Ghosh as an occasional reference work for years, because it's very good, and has chapters on most of the materials I've needed to work with--metals, silicon, and oxide dielectrics of one sort or another. Obviously a lot of work went into it, and it's a pretty specialized business, measuring and tabulating optical properties.I'd give it 5 stars for content, no doubt about it--an orchid for the editors: for their part of the deal they deserve our praise and thanks.Read more

Subjects:  1. Handbooks, manuals, etc    2. Optical Properties Of Materials    3. Optical constants    4. Optical properties    5. Optics    6. Science    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Solid State Physics    9. Solids    10. Optics (light)    11. Technology / Optics   

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A good introduction to nanotechnology
I started reading this book trying to get a good initial grip on the notions and progress made in nanotechnology. This book helped me exactly as I wanted. Very clearly written it takes you through a wide range of topics and in the end one manages to form a pretty good idea about development in one area or another of this very multiform field and, more importantly, gives a sense of where to go and what to expect from a certain branch.
Presents abridged versions of other reviews
This book merely presents abridged versions of other reviews on nanotechnology. For example, the chapter on self-assembly misses most if not all if the initial discoveries and describes second and third generation reports that merely duplicate the concepts with new chemical building blocks. If one reads the reviews cited at the end of the chapters one will get a better view of the respective topics. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Engineering - General    2. Material Science    3. Nanotechnology    4. Science/Mathematics    5. Solid State Physics    6. Technology    7. Technology & Industrial Arts    8. Technology / Material Science   

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My favourite collection
Excellent book in solid mechanics. It provides a comprehensive, readable and organized introduction to elasticity, viscoelasticity, creep, plasticity for graduate students in solid mechanics field. Many top universities in North America recommend/use it as a reference book.Read more

Subjects:  1. Elasticity    2. Engineering - Mechanical    3. Material Science    4. Mechanical Properties Of Materials    5. Plasticity    6. Science/Mathematics    7. Technology    8. Technology & Industrial Arts    9. Viscoelasticity    10. Classical mechanics    11. Stress & fracture   

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Fantastic Book
If you want to learn about the title subject, this is a great intro book. And it's probably the most enjoyable theory book you are likely to own, if you purchase it.

Forces you know or not????
The above "reviewer" needs to learn the English language!What the hell is that guy trying to tell us?I'm glad the book is useful to the outdoors. Forces you know or not
~~~Engineering and Science are different on the point that people are trying to understand the phenomena with little knowledge of the physical background. Especially recently the interdisciplinary stuff are more and more challenging, so that's why engineers must have solid background on science. From my own experience, I do not need to take care the thermodyamics, kinetics in my former major, solidmechanics. Well, it's hard to survive if you only have knowledge on structures of a bridge~~ or a composite plate (this is just my own view, please forgive my ignorance). Nano- and Meso- scale materials are related to some mechanical problems. So I got this book to start my research on this. It is useful not only to experts but also to the outdoors like me.~~~ ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Chemistry - Physical & Theoretical    2. Life Sciences - Biology - Molecular Biology    3. Molecular Chemistry    4. Physics    5. Science    6. Science/Mathematics    7. Surface Chemistry    8. Textiles & Polymers    9. Condensed matter physics (liquids & solids)    10. Materials science    11. Technology / Textiles & Polymers   

Subjects:  1. Broadband dielectric spectrosc    2. Broadband dielectric spectroscopy    3. Chemistry - Analytic    4. Chemistry - General    5. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    6. Light    7. Microscopes & Microscopy    8. Physics    9. Science    10. Science/Mathematics    11. Spectroscopy    12. Chemical spectroscopy, spectrochemistry    13. Festkörperphysik    14. Material Sciences    15. Materialwissenschaften    16. Optics (light)    17. Polymer Sciences    18. Polymere    19. Science / Chemistry / General    20. Solid State Physics    21. Spektroskopie   

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good book ; bad translation
this is a classic book. however, the new 8th edition is not translated very well. i have an older english version (6th edition, 1968) that is translated much better. even where the content is the same between the two editions, the "updated" translation is worse that in the original version.

A Must-have Book for Fluid Mechanics Researchers!
This is the best and the most classical fluid mechanics book that i have read. Read it through carefully and you will get much from it. Reading it from time to time can give you many new knowledge every time.

Applause
An excellent resource.A tough act to follow for any other author of BLT books. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Aeronautics & Astronautics    2. Boundary layer    3. Fluid Mechanics    4. Mechanics - General    5. Physics    6. Science    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Solid State Physics    9. Technology & Industrial Arts    10. Aerodynamics    11. Flow, turbulence, rheology    12. Fluid Dynamics    13. Jpplied Mechanics    14. Science / Mechanics / Dynamics / Fluid Dynamics   

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This book changed my teaching for ever
After teaching for 22 years as a special ed. teacher, I read Sharon's book. It changed how I teach forever. Using Sharon's ideas, I decreased the amount of talking I do, increased the amount of reading my students do and saw tremendous change in even my most disabled students.One 4th grade student made 4 years growth in the first six months after I began to use Sharon's strategies and returned to her regular class. All students made significant improvements.I highly recommend her book and her ideas to every teacher of young children.You won't be sorry.

On Solid Ground: Strategies for Teaching Reading
I am an elementary school teacher who has been out of the field for 12 years.I found this book invaluable in updating my knowlege and skills in the teaching of reading.Her approach makes so much sense and her techniques and ideas are appropriate and easy to use.

Amazing Language Arts Strategies Every Teacher Should Know
Sharon Taberski really offers practical, useful, and inspriring information that all teachers need.If you are a new teacher she will provide useful ideas that can be used in all primary classrooms.If you are a seasoned teacher, she will re-energize you and provide new techniques to make teaching reading more interesting. Plus I love the fact that she stresses reading expository texts, this is truly essential in todays NCLB environment where standardized testing emphasizes expository texts. Sharon also does amazing things with her folders, you have to read it in order to truly appreciate it. I almost forgot to mention the reproducibles, even if you don't read the book, buy it for the reproducibles and the folder organizing ideas. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Books and reading    2. Education    3. Education / Teaching    4. Elementary    5. Language Experience Approach    6. Reading (Primary)    7. School children    8. Teaching Methods & Materials - Reading    9. United States    10. English    11. English language: reading skills    12. Primary / junior schools    13. Teaching of a specific subject    14. USA   

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Elmer Bruhn Rocks!
Analysis and Design of Flight Vehicle Structures by Elmer Franklin Bruhn may as well have been written in Latin when I purchased my first copy more than twenty years ago.
A classic book
I think every aircraft structures designer should get this book. I have gone through many other books but its unique and the best.

An Aerospace Standard
In my 16 years in the Aerospace Industry I have rarely come across a more quoted or well known text with the possible exception of Roark's Formulas for Stress and Strain.Bruhn is the basis for most Aerospace companystrength manuals.It is truly the Bible of flight vehicleanalysis.Read more

Subjects:  1. General    2. Science    3. Science/Mathematics    4. Mechanics of solids