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Textbook Recommendation
It's a bit hard to recommend a text, when I have yet to find one that I really love. Currently I am working from Advanced Strength and Applied Elasticity by A.C. Ugural & S.K. Fenster. It contains all of the relevant information, though I find the explanations of the concepts a bit slim. So far is has covered all of topics we covered in class. The first four chapters seem the most relevent. These are titled Analysis of Stress; Strain and Stress-Strain Relations; Two-Dimensional Problems in Elasticity; and Failure Criteria. The rest of the text deals with more specific topics (torsion, bending, plastic behavior, etc.).
Here is a link to the Amazon page, where the book gets mediocore reviews.
An additional text that I have used for reference every once in a while is Theory of Elasticity by Timonshenko.
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I was surprised to see that
I was surprised to see that no one recommended books by I H Shames.
Intodution to solid mechanics: For making a head start into the subject. None other book at this level emphasizes energy methods so much.
Energy and finite element methods in structural mechanics: Excellent text for seniors and researchers.
Shames books are characterized by unparalleled rigour, smoothhness of conuity in text and fullest utilization of previous knowledge.
He prepares his students well for future courses and tries his best to generate interest in the same.
Many important mathematical concepts are interwoven in his texts in a physically meaningful way.