3.11 Required Textbooks : · Gere JM and Timoshenko SP (1997) "Mechanics of Materials." Fifth Edition, PWS Kent Publishing, Boston.
· Ashby MF and Jones DRH "Engineering Materials, An Introduction to their Properties and Applications" Second Edition. Butterworth Heinemann.

3.11 Auxiliary Textbooks : · J.A. Collins, Failure of Materials in Mechanical Design, 2nd ed., John Wiley & Sons, 1993.
· T.H. Courtney, Mechanical Behavior of Materials, McGraw-Hill, 1990.
· R.W. Hertzberg, Deformation and Fracture Mechanics of Engineering Materials, 4th ed., John Wiley & Sons, 1996.
· W.A. Nash, Strength of Materials, 3d ed., Schaum's Outline Series, McGraw-Hill, 1994.