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Mechanics of Materials Hardcover – 16 August 2012

by Ferdinand Beer (Author), Jr. E. Russell Johnston (Author), John Dewolf (Author),
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Beer and Johnston's Mechanics of Materials is the uncontested leader for the teaching of solid mechanics. Used by thousands of students around the globe since its publication in 1981, Mechanics of Materials, provides a precise presentation of the subject illustrated with numerous engineering examples that students both understand and relate to theory and application.

The tried and true methodology for presenting material gives your student the best opportunity to succeed in this course. From the detailed examples, to the homework problems, to the carefully developed solutions manual, you and your students can be confident the material is clearly explained and accurately represented.

If you want the best book for your students, we feel Beer, Johnston's Mechanics of Materials, 6th edition is your only choice.

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  3. Publisher
    McGraw-Hill Professional
  4. Publication date
    16 August 2012
  5. Dimensions
    21.08 x 3.3 x 25.91 cm
  6. ISBN-10
    0073380288
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0073380285
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Born in France and educated in France and Switzerland, Ferdinand Beer held an M.S. degree from the Sorbonne and an Sc.D. degree in theoretical mechanics from the University of Geneva. He came to the United States after serving in the French army during the early part of World War II and taught for four years at Williams College in the Williams-MIT joint arts and engineering program. Following his service at Williams College, Beer joined the faculty of Lehigh University, where he taught for thirty-seven years. He held several positions, including the University Distinguished Professors Chair and Chairman of the Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics Department. In 1995, Beer was awarded an honorary Doctor of Engineering degree by Lehigh University.

Born in Philadelphia, Russ holds a B.S. degree in civil engineering from the University of Delaware and an Sc.D. degree in the field of structural engineering from The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He taught at Lehigh University and Worchester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) before joining the faculty of the University of Connecticut where he held the position of Chairman of the Civil Engineering Department and taught for twenty-six years. In 1991 Russ received the Outstanding Civil Engineer Award from the Connecticut Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

John T. DeWolf, Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Connecticut, joined the Beer and Johnston team as an author on the second edition of Mechanics of Materials. John holds a B.S. degree in civil engineering from the University of Hawaii and M.E. and Ph.D. degrees in structural engineering from Cornell University. His research interests are in the area of elastic stability, bridge monitoring, and structural analysis and design. He is a registered Professional Engineer and a member of the Connecticut Board of Professional Engineers. He was selected as the University of Connecticut Teaching Fellow in 2006.

David Mazurek holds a B.S. in ocean engineering and an M.S. in civil engineering from the Florida Institute of Technology, and a Ph.D. in civil engineering from the University of Connecticut. Employed by the General Dynamics Corporation Electric Boat Division for five years, he provided submarine construction support and conducted engineering design and analysis associated with pressure hull and other structures. He then taught for one year at Lafayette College prior to joining the civil engineering faculty at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, where he has been since 1990. Mazurek is currently a member of the American Railway Engineering & Maintenance-of-way Association Committee 15, and the American Society of Civil Engineers Committee on Blast, Shock, and Vibratory Effects. He has also worked with the Federal Railroad Administration on their bridge-inspection training program. He is a licensed professional engineer in Connecticut and Pennsylvania.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ McGraw-Hill Professional; 6th edition (16 August 2012)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 832 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0073380288
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0073380285
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 21.08 x 3.3 x 25.91 cm
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Mech. Engr.
5.0 out of 5 stars A must buy for B.tech mech.
Reviewed in India on 20 September 2017
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Very good book with a very fine print on high quality paper. We rarely get these global edition in India, and that too at such a low price, thanks to Amazon. Wish Amazon brings in some more global editions at affordable price.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A must buy for B.tech mech.
Reviewed in India on 20 September 2017
Very good book with a very fine print on high quality paper. We rarely get these global edition in India, and that too at such a low price, thanks to Amazon. Wish Amazon brings in some more global editions at affordable price.
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Mech E
5.0 out of 5 stars Gotta raise the stars, cause this book raised the bar
Reviewed in the United States on 26 April 2014
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I've had to use this guy's books in three different classes, statics, dynamics, and well strengths of materials. Statics and Dynamics, those books well to put it bluntly.... were the biggest wastes of money and piece of s*** books I have in my arsenal, I literally could only learn from the instructor because it used trig to approach every problem as opposed to applying moments or cross products, just terrible... but maybe beer isn't that bad, he had a coauthor and he just let the other guy write it... atleast that's what I'd like to believe because the style is this book is much different. I was actually dreading this book when I saw who wrote it.

BACK TO THE POINT

I have actually read this book almost to completion, done countless hours of extra problems, and I think its a pretty damn good book. For those who moaned about how the explanations are long and tedious... welcome to engineering, you need to be tedious to be good at it, those who gave it 1 star for the complexity obviously are probably in business school. While the explanations seem convoluted in the beginning, there is a method to the madness. When you try to solve the problem first you probably just reference lecture notes first and then look back at the book for the equation, "plug and chug" well they sure as hell don't make any sense if you don't understand the purpose of the nomenclature. If you read each chapter in the sections where the equations are listed then follow an example problem, repeating this method... you can easily solve 70- 80 percent of the problems alone, you still need a prof to help; the reason being is this isn't just a class that relies on physics, but its more of logic based than math intensive subject.

The double whammy here is if you got a C in statics, if you read this book and googled how to do cross products, you could get an A if you retook the class.

Also a note.... this is a book for you to keep for a lifetime.... something you could ( I kid of course) pass on to your kids...so get the hardcover, its a classic, and its presented in a manner that if you sit down, read, and put in effort, it doesn't matter how gripping the subject is, if you appreciate the field then you will pass your class. I still reference this book for quick review or eqns even though my Shingley's Mech Design book makes it obsolete as a reference book, this thing is slim as hell compared to that encyclopedia.

FYI A GREAT AND POWERFUL SUPPLEMENT REGARDLESS OF THE BOOK YOU CHOOSE "STRUCTURES FREE" YOUTUBE IT, I ALWAYS USED IT WHENEVER MY PROF WASN'T AVAILABLE GUARENTEED 2ND PROFESSIONAL HELP AND NO WHITE BOARD INVOLVED AT ALL, VERY CLEAN AND IS RUN BY A PE Engineer.
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jagjeet bhogal
5.0 out of 5 stars excellent service
Reviewed in Canada on 17 February 2014
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you get what you see and with the best and fast service. the book was like brand new and at a good price
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Melina
2.0 out of 5 stars so lala
Reviewed in Germany on 7 June 2015
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klar war das Buch viel günstiger als es normal sein sollte, jedoch hatte es eindeutige Falten und einen etwas unangenehmen Geruch. Ich gebe zwei Sterne, da der Preis unschlagbar ist, jedoch sollte man erwähnen, dass das abgebildete Foto nicht der Ware entspricht (es ist nicht die "Global edition", sondern die "indian edition", die zu dem Farblos ist.).
Zum sparen super, Qualität eher mies.
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H.Bentes
5.0 out of 5 stars Beer as Usual at its BEst for decades.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 March 2014
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Beer as Usual at its BEst for decades. I bought it for my son sutdying Aero, but it good for Civil, Mchs and so on.Strongy recomended for anyione at Eng.
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