General References on Mechanical Behavior
Courtney, T. H.
Mechanical Behavior of Materials. McGraw Hill, 1990.
Dowling, N. Mechanical Behavior of Materials. Prentice Hall, 1993.
Hertzberg, R. W. Deformation and Fracture Mechanics for Engineering Materials. 4th ed. Wiley, 1996.
McClintock, F., and A. S. Argon. Mechanical Behavior of Materials. Addison Wesley, 1966.
References on Specialized Topics
Ashby, M. F., and L. J. Gibson. Cellular Solids: Structure and Properties. 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Bacon, D. J., and D. Hull. Dislocations. 3rd ed. Butterworth Heinemann, 1984.
Broek, D. Elementary Fracture Mechanics. Martinus Nijhoff, 1982.
Davidge, R. W. Mechanical Behaviour of Ceramics. Cambridge University Press, 1979.
Hull, D. Introduction to Composites. 3rd ed. Cambridge University Press, 1996.
Lawn, B. Fracture of Brittle Solids. 2nd ed. Cambridge Univeristy Press, 1993.
Malvern, L. E. Introduction to the Mechanics of a Continuous Medium. Prentice Hall, 1969.
Nye, J. F. Physical Properties of Crystals. Oxford University Press, 1957.
Suresh, S. Fatigue of Materials. 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Ward, I. M. Mechanical Properties of Solid Polymers. 2nd ed. John Wiley and Sons, 1983.