REFERENCE BOOKS ON MECHANICAL ANALYSIS
FEMCI is providing the following list of references to assist you in learning about structural analysis, including static, dynamic and finite element analyses. The list is general in nature and is not meant as the final word in books or papers on a particular subject.
A category guide is given at the bottom of the page explaining the letter given in the Comments column. Please contact the webmaster Ryan Simmons with any corrections or additions.
| TITLE | AUTHORS | PUBLICATION DATA | COMMENTS |
| Advanced Mechanics of Materials | Robert D. Cook, Warren C. Young | Macmillan Publishing Company, New York, 1985 | A,C,G,O |
| Analysis and Design of Flight Vehicle Structures | E. F. Bruhn | Jacobs Publishing, Indianapolis, IN, 1973 | A,C,E,I,K,N,O |
| Design of Machine Elements | M. F. Spotts | 6th Edition, Prentice-Hall, Inc, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1985 | C,E,G,I,K,O |
| Engineering Formulas | Kurt Gieck, Reiner Gieck | 6th Edition, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1990 | A,B,G,I,L,N,O,P,Q |
| Engineering Graphics | Giesecke, Mitchell, Spencer, Hill, Loving, Dygdon | Third Edition, Mcmillan Publishing, New York, 1981 | C,J |
| Engineering Mechanics, Second Vector Edition, Volume I: Statics | Higdon, Stiles, Davis, Evces | Prentice-Hall, Inc, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1976 | N |
| Engineering Mechanics of Solids | Egor P. Popov | Prentice-Hall, Inc, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1990 | C,G,I,O |
| Failure of Materials in Mechanical Design, Analysis Prediction Prevention | Collins, J.A. | 1981 | A,C,D,E,G,H,I,K,M,O,Q |
| Formulas for Natural Frequencies and Mode Shape | Robert D. Blevins | Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar Florida, 1995 | G,Q |
| Fracture & Fatigue Control in Structures, Applications of Fracture Mechanics | John M. Barsom, Stanley T. Rolfe | Second Edition, Prentice-Hall, Inc, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1987 | E,G,H |
| Fundamentals of Mechanical Design | Richard M. Phelan | Third Edition, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1970 | C,I,K,L,O,Q |
| General Environmental Verification Specification for STS & ELV (GEVS-SE Rev A) | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | June 1996 | M Includes design and testing specifications |
| Introduction to Finite Elements in Engineering | Tirupathi R. Chandrupatla, Ashok D. Belegundu | Prentice-Hall, Inc, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1991 | F |
| Introduction to the Design and Behavior of Bolted Joints | John H. Bickford | Third Edition, revised and Expanded; Marcel Dekker, Inc, New York, 1995 | C,G |
| Manufacturing Processes | B.H. Amstead, Phillip F. Ostwald, Myron L. Begeman | Seventh Edition John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1977 | C,J,K |
| Mechanical Vibrations in Spacecraft Design | Jaap Wijker, Dutch Space BV | Springer Verlag 2004 | C,Q |
| Mechanics of Materials | Ferdinand P. Beer, E. Russell Johnston, Jr. | Third Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2002 | A,C,N,O |
| MIL-HDBK-5H, Metallic Materials & Elements for Aerospace Vehicle Structures | US Dept. of Defense | 1998 | K |
| On Structural Fatigue Under Random Loading | John W. Miles | Journal of the Aeronautical Sciences, pg. 753, November, 1954 | E,Q |
| Physics for Engineering Technology | Alexander Joseph, Kalman Pomeranz, Jack Prince, David Sacher | Second Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. New York, 1978 | N,Q |
| Practical Stress Analysis in Engineering Design | Alexander Blake | Second Edition, Revised and Expanded, Marcel Dekker, Inc. New York, 1990 | C,G,I,N,O |
| Roark's Formulas for Stress & Strain | Warren C. Young | Seventh Edition, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 2002 | G,O Often called "Roark and Young" |
| Schaum's Outlines, Mechanical Vibrations | S. Graham Kelly | McGraw-Hill, 1996 | Q See all the Schaum's Outlines |
| Science and Engineering of Materials | Donald R. Askeland | Prindle, Weber & Schmidt Publishing, Boston, Massachusetts, 1984 | K |
| Spacecraft Structures and Mechanisms | Thomas P. Sarafin, editor | Microcosm, Inc. & Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1995 | Most all topics are covered |
| Stress Concentration Factors | R. E. Peterson | John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1974 | G,O |
| Theory of Elasticity | Goodier Timoshenko | Third Edition, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1987 | N,O |
| Using MSC/NASTRAN - Statics and Dynamics | Arturo O. Cifuentes | Springer-Verlag, New York, 1989 | F,N,Q Outdated, but examples are explained |
| Vibration Analysis | Robert K. Vierck | Second Edition, Harper & Row Publishers, New York, 1979 | Q |
| Vibration Analysis for Electronic Equipment | Dave S. Steinberg | Third Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2000 | O,Q |
The following table is provided as a guide to help categorize the references above.
| TOPIC | |
| A | Buckling Analysis |
| B | Conversions |
| C | Design |
| D | Failure/Safety Analysis |
| E | Fatigue Analysis |
| F | Finite Element Analysis |
| G | Formulas |
| H | Fracture Analysis |
| I | General Mechanical Engineering |
| J | Manufacturing |
| K | Materials |
| L | Mechanisms |
| M | Mission Analysis |
| N | Statics |
| O | Stress |
| P | Thermal Analysis |
| Q | Vibration/Dynamics, Sine, Random and/or Shock |
Special thanks to James Maltby for his assistance with this list.
Ryan Simmons
