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Books about Inertia moment, center of mass, centroid: need references 2

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hmalfs

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Nov 19, 2013
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Hello all,

I would like to have bibliographic references of books about the mass moment of inertia, area moment of inertia, center of mass. centroids, etc.

Thanks,
Hugo Silva
 
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any standard strength of materials text. have you tried google ??

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Actually yes. I don't know the keyword I shall use. I only found wikipedia (LOL)


 
Ok, so now I found one:

Do you think this book is good? : James M. Gere, Barry J. Goodno, "Mechanics of Materials", SI Edition (8th edition)



 
google "strength of materials"

research any undergrad mech engineering

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"Vector Mechanics for Engineers" by Beer and Johnston
 
try google "area moment of inertia" ... wiki goes into the dynamics of bodies rather than the structural interpretation.

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TheTick,

Many thanks,
That book is exactly what I was looking for!!
 
I tend to think the old ways are the best. I recommend "Strength of Materials Part 1 - Elementary Theory and Problems" by Stephen Timoshenko.
 
Pretty much any book by Joseph E. Shigley, such as "Mechanical Engineering Design", or the "bible": "Mark's Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers", or the trusty standby: "Machinery's Handbook". Also, using those search terms on Amazon produces lots of results.
 
Beer & Johnson was the introductory textbook that I started with. Information very clear and accessible, as I recall.

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I don't know about Johnson, but definitely Beer.

Mike McCann
MMC Engineering

 
Some of that is to be found in calculus textbooks, I believe.
 
Mike - I'll drink to that!

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I'd suggest purchasing a copy of Roark. It provides equations for virtually every conceivable form of cross section property, including moments of inertia.

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