Department of Mechanics: Literature

Here we would like to share some ideas, hints and recommendations regarding useful scientific and educational books and papers.

Books authored by members of the department

• Z. Bittnar, J. Šejnoha: Numerical Methods in Structural Mechanics, ASCE Publications, 1996

This is the English translation of a book that was published in Czech in 1992 (Z. Bittnar, J. Šejnoha: Numerické metody mechaniky 1 a 2, České vysoké učení technické, Praha, 1992). The Czech version is out of stock and can be downloaded from here: File:Nmm1.pdf, File:Nmm2.pdf

• M. Jirásek, Z.P. Bažant: Inelastic Analysis of Structures, Wiley, 2002
• J. Kruis: Domain Decomposition Methods for Distributed Computing, Saxe-Coburg Publications, 2006
• M. Šejnoha, J. Zeman: Micromechanics in Practice, WIT Press, 2013

Textbooks

• Open Textbook Initiative, collection of textbooks from various fields of Mathematics approved by American Institute of Mathematics
• matematika.cuni.cz - the site contains various mathematical materials related to courses taught at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics at Charles University in Prague
• Advanced Experimental Techniques in Geomechanics (ALERT Doctoral School 2012)

Here is the complete set of lecture notes: File:ALERT school 2012.pdf

It is also possible to download some of the presentations.

• List of lecture notes on various topics in mechanics at imechanica.org

Writing guides

• P. R. Halmos: How to write mathematics, L'Enseignement Mathématique, Vol.16 (1970)
• W. Strunk: Elements of Style, Filiquarian Publishing, 2007

Short, clear and self-contained book on clear writing. Highly recommended!

• San Francisco Edit Newsletters

Helpful hints and suggestions on writing scientific papers.

• Effective Writing, essential tips on writing a scientific paper, provided by Nature
• Writing in the Sciences, online course available at Coursera.org (video lectures only) or at OpenEdX by Stanford (complete course including exercises)