ES 240 Homework 16

* Title of the post: Theory of Elasticity by S.P. Timoshenko and J.N. Goodier

* If there are already helpful reviews of the book online, please make a hyperlink in your

post to the web page of the review. (http://www.amazon.com/review/product/0070858055/ref=dp_db_cm_cr_acr_txt?...)

* Outline the content of the book.

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Plane Stress and Plane Strain

Chapter 3. Two-dimensional Problems in Rectangular Coordinates

Chapter 4. Two-dimensional Problems in Polar Coordinates

Chapter 5. Photoelastic and Moire Experimental Methods

Chapter 6. Two-dimensional Problems in Curvilinear Coordinates

Chapter 7. Analysis of Stress and Strain in Three Dimensions

Chapter 8. General Theorems

Chapter 9. Elementary Problems of Elasticity in Three Dimensions

Chapter 10. Torsion

Chapter 11. Bending of Bars

Chapter 12. Axisymmetric Stress and Deformation in a Solid of Revolution

Chapter 13. Thermal Stress

Chapter 14. The Propagation in Elastic Solid Media 

Appendix. The Application of Finite-difference Equations in Elasticity 

* Why do you think that this book complements this course? It covers some of the topics that are not covered in the course and it also provides many examples which is helpful for a student like me to understand how a key concept can be applied to various problems.

* Anything particular that makes you like this book and recommend it to others? It covers many interesting concepts with examples so that we can learn how concepts can be applied to approaching problems.