JAR Bookstore

Visit here often to find our staff's key book recommendations, as well as upcoming reviews on these and future featured books. Read a letter about the JAR Bookstore from Jeff Bezos, President of Amazon.com.

• Machinery's Handbook, Erik Oberg (Editor), Christopher J. McCauley (Editor)
• Roark's Formulas for Stress and Strain, Warren C. Young
• Weld Integrity and Performance , Steve Lampman (Editor), Asm International
• Practical Stress Analysis in Engineering Design, Alexander Blake
• Mechanical Engineering Design, Jospeh E. Shigley
• Viscous Fluid Flow, Frank M. White
• The Finite Element Method : Basic Formulation and Linear Problems, O.C. Zienkiewicz, R.L. Taylor
• Introduction to the Mechanics of a Continuous Medium, L. Malvern
• Concepts and Applications of Finite Element Analysis, Robert D. Cook, David S. Malkus, Michael E. Plesha
• Advanced Fracture Mechanics, Melvin F. Kenninen
• Creep and Relaxation of Nonlinear Viscoelastic Materials, William N. Findley, James S. Lai, Kasif Onaran
• Continuum Theory of Plasticity, Akhtar S. Khan, Sujian Huang
• Plasticity Theory, Jacob Lubliner
• Energy and Finite Element Methods in Structural Mechanics
• Numerical Recipes in Fortran 77: The Art of Scientific Computing
• Numerical Recipes in Fortran 90: The Art of Parallel Scientific Computing

The following books may be out of print, but are highly recommended, and Amazon.com may be able to find a used copy within one to three months.

• Finite Element Handbook, H. Kardestuncer
• Finite Element Method : Solid and Fluid Mechanics Dynamics and Non-Linearity, O.C. Zienkiewicz, R.L. Taylor
• Plasticity : Fundamentals and General Results, John Brand, Martin
• Finite element procedures in engineering analysis, Klaus-Jèurgen Bathe
• Finite elements of nonlinear continua, J. Tinsley Oden

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