Mechanics of Materials by Russell Hibbeler

[rdjon]

Seeing as no-one has posted any good geology books, I'll recommend some of my favourites...

The Fossil Trail, Ian Tattersall - an excellent summation of Human evolution, a little bit out of date now.

Trilobite, Richard Fortey - how he makes a whole book about small arthropods interesting, I have no idea, but it is a fascinating read.

Global Tectonics, Keary and Vine - everything you ever wanted to know about plate tectonics. More of a textbook than a popular science book, but very readable.

Potential Theory in Gravity & Magnetic Applications, Blakely - this book got me through some of the trickier bits of my Geophysics degree. Explains complicated ideas very well.

 

[Mentat]

Anyone who hasn't read this book is missing out, big time!

The author, Peter D. Ward, uses amazing (practically poetic) profundity in explaining the previous three major "mass" extinctions, and then reasons on the current state of the Earth, to show that we are at the beginning of the fourth such major "mass" extinction - and that it's our fault.

Seriously, even those of you who are not normally interested in Biology or Geology (like me) should check this book out, because it is awesome.

Has anyone here read it? What did you think of it?

 

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• Author: Russell C. Hibbeler
• Title: Mechanics of Materials
• Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0133254429/?tag=pfamazon01-20
• Prerequisities: Prior or concurrent experience in Calculus, Introductory Physics
• Level: Undergraduate

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1: Stress

   1.1  Introduction
   1.2  Equilibrium of a Deformable Body
   1.3  Stress
   1.4  Average Normal Stress in an Axially Loaded Bar
   1.5  Average Shear Stress
   1.6  Allowable Stress
   1.7  Design of Simple Connections

Chapter 2: Strain

   2.1 Deformation
   2.2 Strain
   
Chapter 3: Mechanical Properties of Materials

   3.1 The Tension and Compression Test
   3.2 The Stress–Strain Diagram
   3.3 Stress–Strain Behavior of Ductile and Brittle Materials
   3.4 Hooke’s Law
   3.5 Strain Energy
   3.6 Poisson’s Ratio
   3.7 The Shear Stress–Strain Diagram
   3.8 Failure of Materials Due to Creep and Fatigue 

Chapter 4: Axial Load

   4.1 Saint-Venant’s Principle
   4.2 Elastic Deformation of an Axially Loaded Member
   4.3 Principle of Superposition
   4.4 Statically Indeterminate Axially Loaded Member
   4.5 The Force Method of Analysis for Axially Loaded Members
   4.6 Thermal Stress
   4.7 Stress Concentrations
   4.8 Inelastic Axial Deformation
   4.9 Residual Stress

Chapter 5: Torsion

   5.1 Torsional Deformation of a Circular Shaft
   5.2 The Torsion Formula
   5.3 Power Transmission
   5.4 Angle of Twist
   5.5 Statically Indeterminate Torque-Loaded Members
   5.6 Solid Noncircular Shafts
   5.7 Thin-Walled Tubes Having Closed Cross Sections
   5.8 Stress Concentration
   5.9 Inelastic Torsion
   5.10 Residual Stress

Chapter 6: Bending

   6.1 Shear and Moment Diagrams
   6.2 Graphical Method for Constructing Shear and Moment Diagrams
   6.3 Bending Deformation of a Straight Member
   6.4 The Flexure Formula
   6.5 Unsymmetric Bending
   6.6 Composite Beams
   6.7 Reinforced Concrete Beams
   6.8 Curved Beams
   6.9 Stress Concentrations
   6.10 Inelastic Bending 

Chapter 7: Transverse Shear

   7.1 Shear in Straight Members
   7.2 The Shear Formula
   7.3 Shear Flow in Built-Up Members
   7.4 Shear Flow in Thin-Walled Members
   7.5 Shear Center for Open Thin-Walled Members

Chapter 8: Combined Loadings

   8.1 Thin-Walled Pressure Vessels
   8.2 State of Stress Caused by Combined Loadings

Chapter 9: Stress Transformation

   9.1 Plane-Stress Transformation
   9.2 General Equations of Plane-Stress Transformation
   9.3 Principal Stresses and Maximum In-Plane Shear Stress
   9.4 Mohr’s Circle—Plane Stress
   9.5 Absolute Maximum Shear Stress

Chapter 10: Strain Transformation

  10.1 Plane Strain
  10.2 General Equations of Plane-Strain Transformation
  10.3 Mohr’s Circle—Plane Strain
  10.4 Absolute Maximum Shear Strain
  10.5 Strain Rosettes
  10.6 Material-Property Relationships
  10.7 Theories of Failure

Chapter 11: Design of Beams and Shafts

  11.1 Basis for Beam Design
  11.2 Prismatic Beam Design
  11.3 Fully Stressed Beams
  11.4 Shaft Design

Chapter 12: Deflection of Beams and Shafts 

  12.1 The Elastic Curve
  12.2 Slope and Displacement 12 by Integration
  12.3 Discontinuity Functions
  12.4 Slope and Displacement by the Moment-Area Method
  12.5 Method of Superposition
  12.6 Statically Indeterminate Beams and Shafts
  12.7 Statically Indeterminate Beams and Shafts—Method of Integration
  12.8 Statically Indeterminate Beams and Shafts—Moment-Area Method
  12.9 Statically Indeterminate Beams and Shafts—Method of Superposition

Chapter 13: Buckling of Columns

  13.1 Critical Load
  13.2 Ideal Column with Pin Supports
  13.3 Columns Having Various Types of Supports
  13.4 The Secant Formula
  13.5 Inelastic Buckling
  13.6 Design of Columns for Concentric Loading
  13.7 Design of Columns for Eccentric Loading

Chapter 14: Energy Methods

  14.1 External Work and Strain Energy
  14.2 Elastic Strain Energy for Various Types of Loading
  14.3 Conservation of Energy
  14.4 Impact Loading
  14.5 Principle of Virtual Work
  14.6 Method of Virtual Forces Applied to Trusses
  14.7 Method of Virtual Forces Applied to Beams
  14.8 Castigliano’s Theorem
  14.9 Castigliano’s Theorem Applied to Trusses
  14.10 Castigliano’s Theorem Applied to Beams 

Appendix A: Geometric Properties of An Area

   A.1 Centroid of an Area
   A.2 Moment of Inertia for an Area
   A.3 Product of Inertia for an Area
   A.4 Moments of Inertia for an Area about Inclined Axes
   A.5 Mohr’s Circle for Moments of Inertia

Appendix B: Geometric Properties of Structural Shapes

Appendix C: Slopes and Deflections of Beams

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• Title: Design and Control of Concrete Mixtures
• Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0893122726/?tag=pfamazon01-20
• Prerequisities: First two years of Civil Engineering program
• Level: Undergraduate, intermediate

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Chapter 1 Introduction to Concrete
Chapter 2 Sustainability
Chapter 3 Portland, Blended and Other Hydraulic Cement
Chapter 4 Supplementary Cementitious Materials
Chapter 5 Mixing Water for Concrete
Chapter 7 Chemical Admixtures for Concrete
Chapter 8 Reinforcement
Chapter 9 Properties of Concrete
Chapter 10 Volume Changes of Concrete
Chapter 11 Durability
Chapter 12 Designing and Proportioning Concrete Mixtures
Chapter 13 Batching, Mixing, Transporting, and Handling Concrete
Chapter 14 Placing and Finishing Concrete
Chapter 15 Curing Concrete
Chapter 16 Hot Weather Concreting
Chapter 17 Cold Weather Concreting
Chapter 18 Test Methods
Chapter 19 High-Performance Concrete
Chapter 20 Special Types of Concrete

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• Authors: John Conrad Jaeger, Neville G. W. Cook, Robert Zimmerman
• Title: Fundamentals of Rock Mechanics, 4th Ed
• Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0632057599/?tag=pfamazon01-20
• Prerequisities: Calculus, Introductory Physics/Engineering, Mechanics
• Level: Graduate, Introductory; Undergraduate, Advanced

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Table of Contents

1. Rock as a Material.
1.1 Introduction.
1.2 Joints and faults.
1.3 Rock-forming minerals.
1.4 The fabric of rocks.
1.5 The mechanical nature of rock.

2. Analysis of Stress and Strain.
2.1 Introduction.
2.2 Definition of traction and stress.
2.3 Analysis of stress in two dimensions.
2.4 Graphical representations of stress in two dimensions.
2.5 Stresses in three dimensions.
2.6 Stress transformations in three dimensions.
2.7 Mohr’s representation of stress in three dimensions.
2.8 Stress invariants and stress deviation.
2.9 Displacement and strain.
2.10 Infinitesimal strain in two dimensions.
2.11 Infinitesimal strain in three dimensions.
2.12 Determination of principle stresses or strains from measurements.
2.13 Compatibility equations.
2.14 Stress and strain in polar and cylindrical coordinates.
2.15 Finite strain.

3. Friction on Rock Surfaces.
3.1 Introduction.
3.2 Amonton’s law.
3.3 Friction on rock surfaces.
3.4 Stick-slip oscillations.
3.5 Sliding on a plane of weakness.
3.6 Effects of time and velocity.

4. Deformation and Failure of Rock.
4.1 Introduction.
4.2 The stress-strain curve.
4.3 Effects of confining stress and temperature.
4.4 Types of fracture.
4.5 Coulomb failure criterion.
4.6 Mohr’s hypothesis.
4.7 Effects of pore fluids.
4.8 Failure under true-triaxial conditions.
4.9 The effect of anisotropy on strength.

5. Linear Elasticity.
5.1 Introduction.
5.2 Stress-strain relations for an isotropic linear elastic solid.
5.3 Special cases.
5.4 Hooke’s law in terms of deviatoric stresses and strains.
5.5 Equations of stress equilibrium.
5.6 Equations of stress equilibrium in cylindrical and spherical coordinates.
5.7 Airy stress functions.
5.8 Elastic strain energy and related principles.
5.9 Uniqueness theorem for elasticity problems.
5.10 Stress-strain relations for anisotropic materials.

6. Laboratory Testing of Rocks.
6.1 Introduction.
6.2 Hydrostatic tests.
6.3 Uniaxial compression.
6.4 Triaxial tests.
6.5 Stability and stiff testing machines.
6.6 True-triaxial tests.
6.7 Diametral compression of cylinders.
6.8 Torsion of circular cylinders.
6.9 Bending tests.
6.10 Hollow cylinders.

7. Poroelasticity and Thermoelasticity.
7.1 Introduction.
7.2 Hydrostatic poroelasticity.
7.3 Undrained compression.
7.4 Constitutive equations of poroelasticity.
7.5 Equations of stress equilibrium and fluid flow.
7.6 One-dimensional consolidation.
7.7 Applications of poroelasticity.
7.8 Thermoelasticity.

8. Stresses around Cavities and Excavations.
8.1 Introduction.
8.2 Complex variable method for two-dimensional elasticity problems.
8.3 Homogeneous state of stress.
8.4 Pressurised hollow cylinder.
8.5 Circular hole in a rock mass with given far-field principal stresses.
8.6 Stresses applied to a circular hole in an infinite rock mass.
8.7 Stresses applied to the surface of a solid cylinder.
8.8 Inclusions in an infinite region.
8.9 Elliptical hole in an infinite rock mass.
8.10 Stresses near a crack tip.
8.11 Nearly rectangular hole.
8.12 Spherical cavities.
8.13 Penny-shaped cracks.
8.14 Interactions between nearby cavities.

9. Inelastic Behavior.
9.1 Introduction.
9.2 Plasticity and yield.
9.3 Elastic-plastic hollow cylinder.
9.4 Circular hole in an elastic-brittle-plastic rock mass.
9.5 Perfectly plastic behavior.
9.6 Flow between flat surfaces.
9.7 Flow rules and hardening.
9.8 Creep.
9.9 Simple rheological models.
9.10 Theory of viscoelasticity.
9.11 Some simple viscoelastic problems.

10. Micromechanical Models.
10.1 Introduction.
10.2 Effective moduli of heterogeneous rocks.
10.3 Effect of pores on compressibility.
10.4 Crack closure and elastic nonlinearity.
10.5 Effective medium theories.
10.6 Sliding crack friction and hysteresis.
10.7 Griffith cracks and the Griffith locus.
10.8 Griffith theory of failure.
10.9 Linear elastic fracture mechanics.

11. Wave Propagation in Rocks.
11.1 Introduction.
11.2 One-dimensional elastic wave propagation.
11.3 Harmonic waves and group velocity.
11.4 Elastic waves in unbounded media.
11.5 Reflection and refraction of waves at an interface.
11.6 Surface and interface waves.
11.7 Transient waves.
11.8 Effects of fluid saturation.
11.9 Attenuation.
11.10 Inelastic waves.

12. Hydromechanical Behavior of Fractures.
12.1 Introduction.
12.2 Geometry of rock fractures.
12.3 Normal stiffness of rock fractures.
12.4 Behaviour of rock fractures under shear.
12.5 Hydraulic transmissivity of rock fractures.
12.6 Coupled hydro-mechanical behavior.
12.7 Seismic response of rock fractures.
12.8 Fractured rock masses.

13. State of Stress Underground.
13.1 Introduction.
13.2 Simple models for the state of stress in the subsurface.
13.3 Measured values of subsurface stresses.
13.4 Surface loads on a half-space: two-dimensional theory.
13.5 Surface loads on a half-space: three-dimensional theory.
13.6 Hydraulic fracturing.
13.7 Other stress measurement methods.

14. Geological Applications.
14.1 Introduction.
14.2 Stresses and faulting.
14.3 Overthrust faulting and sliding under gravity.
14.4 Stresses around faults.
14.5 Mechanics of intrusion.
14.6 Beam models for crustal folding.
14.7 Earthquake mechanics.

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