Reviews for Advanced Mechanics of Materials and Applied Elasticity

The average rating for Advanced Mechanics of Materials and Applied Elasticity based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-10-03 00:00:00 Barry Jones A really good book for those who has taken High School Physics cource, understand Newtonian mechanics, and have studied Multivariate Calculus at College level. The book provides detailed explanation of some of the very basic concepts in Classical mechanics like generalised coordinates, holonomic and non-holonomic constraints, and Langrangian dynamics in the very first chapter. The chapter on Variational Principle and Hamiltonian Dynamics is fantastic. However, there aren't much examples to look forward to and some of the problems would make you go nuts about them, but that's what Physics is all about, problem solving. In a nutshell, a fantastic book, if you want to understand classical mechanics from its depths. This book, unlike Goldstein's Classical Mechanics, is not that advanced, but its best for an undergraduate course in Classical Mechanics. Plus, all those who prefer self-study and do not go after online lectures, I recomend them this book. To the point, great problem excercises, a bit detailed in notations and indices, and covers almost everything in classical mechanics.

Review # 2 was written on 2010-04-04 00:00:00 Christi Siebenthal Picked it up, started reading it, shed tears at the end of it by the sheer amount of joy and pain felt. 10/10 made my second year in Physics worthwhile.