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Books

• S.P. Timoshenko, J.N. Goodier, Theory of Elasticity, McGraw-Hill International Editions, Third Edition, 1970.
• J.M. Gere, Mechanics of Materials , Nelson Thornes, Fifth SI Edition, 2001.

Websites

• Simulation showing the stress distribution in 3-point bending: http://teaching.ust.hk/~mech101/3%20point%20bending.htm
• Video of the 3-point bending of a brass beam: http://www.doitpoms.ac.uk/vidlib/full_record.php?id=14
• Stress distribution In a polycarbonate bar undergoing 3-point bending: http://www.doitpoms.ac.uk/vidlib/full_record.php?id=36
• 3-point bending simulation for a sandwich beam: http://mms.ensmp.fr/Mms_scripts/Beam/index.php
• Simulation showing the stress distribution in 4-point bending: http://teaching.ust.hk/~mech101/4_point_bending.htm
• Stress distribution In a polycarbonate bar undergoing 4-point bending: http://www.doitpoms.ac.uk/vidlib/full_record.php?id=40
• Simulation of shear, moment and deflection on application of different forces to a beam: http://www.engr.umd.edu/HAMLET/BeamAnalysis/
• Sandwich panels: http://oneoceankayaks.com/Sandcore.htm
• The torsional pendulum: http://farside.ph.utexas.edu/teaching/301/lectures/node139.html
• Granta Design case studies by a former Cambridge student

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