Strength of Materials (Dover Books on Physics)

READ THIS. Learned so much useful information (Myosotis method is so much easier than the traditionally taught method, but learn the reason why it works first before applying it.) It's been a very handy and useful reference for me when doing analysis, lots of examples that have lined up almost perfectly with the problems I've faced. Realize that he does occasionally leave final analysis up to you or leave things as "obvious" whether they are or are not.

I just love this little book. If you are interested in structures, Strengths of Materials is a must. You'll need some math skills for this one - Trig and analytic geometry are a must. An understanding of calculus is desirable, but not entirely necessary. After mastering mechanics in the basic Physics book, you'll want to study Statics. This is how you analyze forces and their reactions as they travel through structures. You will use free body diagrams and vectors for this one. The next field to study is Strength of Materials. Here you will learn how materials behave (deform) under various loading conditions; How beams bend, how springs react to loads, how wheels deform on tracks, how posts buckle, etc. In statics we study the stresses in a material - the forces. In Strengths of Materials we study the strains - the deformations - materials exhibit in response to those stresses. This tidy little book is lucid and to the point. This is a difficult subject, but this book shows us how to employ engineering conventions to understand and analyze the complexities inherent in the subject matter. A handy little book and dirt cheap. Buy it.

Textbook has very nice cover art. Ordered a new copy but received one in "very good" condition. :/ Been working thru the Torsion chapter recently, has been concise yet very descriptive. All problems are shown in back of book, with answers to all except the proofs provided. Notation is a little outdated (published 1977), e.g., shear stress is listed as sₛ instead of lowercase tau. Would recommend!

I bought this book to learn engineering, and just for the fun of it. With degrees in physics and math, the material is quite accessible. If you learn mainly by working problems, these are really wonderful. But I deduct a star because most of the problems omit some critical information needed to get an answer, or the answer is numerically inaccurate (as if it was obtained hastily with a slide rule) making it difficult to know if it's correct or not. I see now that this is a hazard of buying an old first edition reprint boasting "unabridged and unaltered reproduction". Unfortunately, I have not been unable to find a later edition of the book online, or published errata. On the other hand, one does learn more from correcting errors, and maybe that's something to be grateful for.

If you have no knowledge of materials science, this book will get you up to speed to be able to get at least a basic fundamental understanding of materials and how they behave under stress! I would suggest taking a few courses in Metallurgy, or materials science before trying to read this entire book, as it is written assuming the reader has a basic understanding of terms

This is what great teaching looks like. Delightful to read and study.

If you are looking to know more about mechanics of materials, this book is a great place to start. I was introduced to this book by a professor and surprised at how well it was written and how easy it was to understand. Not to mention it was the cheapest textbook I ever bought, ha.

The most traditional book on strenght of material - it is outstanding. I have used it during my engineering student years (40 years ago!!) and almost 10 years ago I lost it - It is nice the have it again in my bookshelf.

The book is one of the classical in this field and my supervisor recommended it for us. And Dover always publishes books in low price that is another strength. It is not so hard to go through, but in my view that the book is targeting slightly higher level than other books.

Nice patina for a book from 1949, pages are exactly as you would expect from a book of that age, lightly yellowed, has that lovely "aged" smell to it. The transaction was easy and the book arrived in a somewhat beat up plastic envelope but intact.

Llego en excelentes condiciones, nuevecito, eso sí, sin el plástico protector; pero en muy buen estado.

Books on mechanics of materials by Den Hartog are remarkable. The writing is clear and to the point. In this book, he gives the method of Myosotis to calculate the deflections of beams. This book is a must have for any engineer concerned with materials. It does illustrate an elegant way of solving beam deflection problems. Read this book even though it will not teach you anything new, if only like a novel.

解説は簡潔だが、問題を通してエッセンスが良く理解できる素晴らしい本。初心者だけでなく、専門家にも役立つ。著者の一連の本、Mechanics, Mechanical Vibrationsと共に読んでおきたい。