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Looking for a Great Solid Mechanics Book w/Solutions

Submitted by zaphead on Sun, 2011-12-04 00:05.

Dear all, I am an ME PhD graduate looking for a great classical solid mechanics text (preferably something that includes a thorough treatment of classical methods as well as finite deformation and an intro into computational methods). Here's the catch:

It's got to have good homework problems at the end of each chapter, AND a solution manual to those problems.  I really like the texts by Fung and Goldstein, however I can't find solution manuals to the homework problems.

 Can anyone suggest a book and its accompanying solution manual?

 Sincerely,

Ben 


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Dibakar Datta's picture

Applied Mechanics of Solids : By Prof. Allan F. Bower

Submitted by Dibakar Datta on Sun, 2011-12-04 00:42.

 I love this book :

http://solidmechanics.org/

Most popular book at Brown University. 

Regards,
Dibakar Datta
Homepage : www.dibakardatta.com
PhD Candidate ; Major : Solid Mechanics
Shenoy Research Group
BROWN UNIVERSITY
Providence 02912 , USA


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Thanks Dibakar.  Do you

Submitted by zaphead on Fri, 2011-12-09 00:53.

Thanks Dibakar.  Do you know if there are solutions to the problems in this online book?


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Solid Mechanics Book w/Solutions

Submitted by Nachiket Gokhale on Sun, 2011-12-04 02:31.

http://www.amazon.com/Continuum-Mechanics-Concise-Problems-Physics/dp/0486401804/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1322965723&sr=1-1-fkmr1

Have you looked at Chadwick's book?  Also, I really like Gurtin's "Topics in Finite Elasticity" for the concise treatment of the theory. 

Nachiket 


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I think the book by

Submitted by Atul Jain on Sun, 2011-12-04 09:01.

I think the book by Crandahl, Lardner and Dahl is quite good, the solution manual to it is also easily available


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Zhigang Suo's picture

A large number of excellent books are free online

Submitted by Zhigang Suo on Sun, 2011-12-04 16:53.

A large number of excellent books are free online at library.nu.  Here are some examples:

You will need to register to download.  Some books are in PDF fromat, but many are in DjVu format.  For the latter, you need to download a DjVu viewer.


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Dibakar Datta's picture

Thank You Prof. Suo

Submitted by Dibakar Datta on Sun, 2011-12-04 18:04.

 Dear Prof. Suo,

                        Thank you for sharing this information. I did not know about it. I really enjoyed reading your recent paper on Lithium-Ion Battery . Thank you.

Regards,
Dibakar Datta
Homepage : www.dibakardatta.com
PhD Candidate ; Major : Solid Mechanics
Shenoy Research Group
BROWN UNIVERSITY
Providence 02912 , USA


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Re: library.nu illegal copies?

Submitted by Biswajit Banerjee on Sun, 2011-12-04 21:01.

Many of the links from library.nu appear to point to books that have been illegally scanned and uploaded.

-- Biswajit


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Thanks all for the

Submitted by zaphead on Fri, 2011-12-09 00:41.

Thanks all for the excellent recommendations and comments!


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