Advanced Strength and Applied Elasticity (4th Edition)
by Ansel C. Ugural, Saul K. Fenster
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Author: Ansel C. Ugural, Saul K. FensterEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2003-02-09
ISBN: 0130473928
Number of pages: 560
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Book Reviews of Advanced Strength and Applied Elasticity (4th Edition)
Book Review: One of the worst textbooks I have used
Summary: 1 Stars
I'm a student in mechanical engineering, and I recently took a class called Advanced Mechanics of Materials. Unfortunately, this book was the required textbook for the course. I know that a lot of text books can be considered "bad", but this is by far the worst textbook I have ever used.
Ideally a textbook will explain concepts well and give relevant examples to reinforce the concepts. The textbook does neither. This textbook explains concepts extremely poorly which makes it bad enough. On top of that, moreover, this book does not give examples for 90% of the concepts.
If this book is the required text for a course, I would recommend changing classes. If you're looking for a book on advanced mechanics of materials, this is NOT a good book to consider. I would have given this book zero stars if that had been an option.
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