clockwork
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 posted on 19/8/07 at 06:16 PM |
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Recommend a book on beam theory
Never did this at school so wouldn't mind a good teach yourself type book. Any suggestions?
As an example of books I can understand, I have some Carrol Smith books and find them excellent teaching material.
I want to be able to workout things like loadpaths, and calculate loads etc. Most books I have read recommend making wood models, but this
doesn't help when trying to work out real forces.
P.S. If I can get it from Amazon that would be a bonus.
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britishtrident
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| posted on 19/8/07 at 06:40 PM |
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Beam theory only fills a couple of pages I think perhaps you mean a book on framed structures ?
Mechanics of Materials
by James M. Gere & Stephen P. Timoshenko
Mechanics of Materials Vol 1 E j Hearn
Mechanics of Engineering Materials P. P. Benham & R.J.Crawford.
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clockwork
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| posted on 19/8/07 at 07:34 PM |
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Cheers, ordered. Now lets watch the credit card wilt :-)
"Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." Benjamin Franklin.
"Well if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear" Morons the world over.
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dave1888
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| posted on 19/8/07 at 07:36 PM |
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How about Jamie and the magic torch. 
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djtom
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| posted on 19/8/07 at 08:07 PM |
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As stated above, Mechanics of Materials by James M. Gere & Stephen P. Timoshenko is a good text.
Timoshenko was one of my lecturers at Uni (Birmingham - Mech Eng). He wasn't the most interesting or charismatic lecturer, but he definately
knew his stuff!
tom
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