Composite Index Books

This is one of the best book "sui generis": it's only (but not only...) a complete review of formulas for stress and strain. You don't need this book if you are looking for a book about stress and strain... you will find here only formulas with some brief explanation but anything more... Someone then may ask: why I should buy this book? It's useful to get an idea of what you are doing when you are using more sophisticate tools. I use this book for the following purposes: (1) to model component behaving in computer aided simulations and (2) to check and review FEM analysis results.
Very good book, but maybe you don't need it on you desk.

I like having a Roark's around. It is handy for stress and strain problems.

While this volume is about 30% larger than my 5th edition, it has some glaring errors. When you get pointed to a table, you will not find tables with that number. The tables are titled but not numbered according to the referring item. Major PITB trying to figure out if the table that I found was the correct one.

Very helpful book in engineering job, but unfortunately I've found some mistake (the reason for 4 stars).

In general you can find lot of formulas in this book. This book is also very well known and that's the reason for recommending it. You can just refer to Roark's formulas and everybody knows what's that.

During my years as Structural Calculyst this book was always on my right side on my desk, and when I needed it, it was ready to help me find my way. One really very good Engineer has never found all formulas in his head, instead he should be able of finding them out on good references and really know how to use
them all. This is the best reference book you are going to find when formulas is your subject, just buy it!
The only book I know better than this one is written in German and few people are able to read in German, so!

As far as QS-9000 goes it has a lot of ISO 9000 rules. During my reading I just got guidelines and instructions as far as what I or anyone else needed to do in order to be QS-9000 certified and the certifications in order to stay certified. The Big 3(Chrysler, Ford, & GM) were the main concern for QS-9000. But overall it was good.

This was an interesting book as far as leadership and management is concerned. The different styles established within the reading are good and could be very helpful for some businesses. Sometimes in the business world you need to talk to people differently so they can grasp things better. When a task is to be done, different instructions have to be laid down for different people.