General FEA Theory, Numerical Methods

 Bathe, K.J., "Finite Element Procedures", 1996

[STI: very good intro FEA book, has good intro section on nonlinearities as
well.]
 Cook, R.D., Malkus, D.S., Plesha, M.E., "Concepts and Applications of Finite
Element Analysis", 3rd ed, 1989
[STI: good intro FEA book, easier reading than Bathe.]
 Patankar, S.V., "Numerical Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow", 1980
[STI: very good text on CFD and heat transfer, finite difference methods]
   Crisfield, M.A., "Non-linear Finite Element Analysis of Solids and Structures",
Vol. 1, 1991 and Vol. 2, 1997
[STI: very good text on structural nonlinearities]
 Belytschko, T., Liu W.K., Moran B., "Nonlinear Finite Elements for Continua and
Structures", 2000
 Wriggers, P., "Computational Contact Mechanics, 2nd ed, 2006
 Laursen, T. A., "Computational Contact and Impact Mechanics", 2003

 
Structural Dynamics
 Hurty, W.C., Rubinstein, M.F., "Dynamics of Structures", 1964
[STI: very useful book on dynamics, uses matrix methods, so easily extendable
to FEA]
   Thomson, W.T., Dahleh, M.D., "Theory of Vibration with Applications", 5th ed,
1998

 
Heat and Mass Transfer
 Holman, J.P., "Heat Transfer", 8th ed, 1997
[STI: good heat transfer text]
 Incropera, F.P., DeWitt, D.P., "Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer", 4th
ed, 1996
[STI: good heat transfer text]
   White, F.M., "Fluid Mechanics", 4th ed, 1999
[STI: good fluid dynamics text]
 Welty, J.R., Wicks, C.E., Wilson, R.E., "Fundamentals of Momentum, Heat, and
Mass Transfer", 3rd ed, 1984

 
Materials
   Lemaitre, J., Chaboche, J.L., "Mechanics of Solid Materials", 1994
[STI: very thorough text on materials]
 Dowling, N.E., "Mechanical Behavior of Materials", 2nd ed, 1999
[STI: good text on materials, easy reading]
 Treloar, L.R.G., "The Physics of Rubber Elasticity", 1958
[STI: great reference on rubber elasticity]
 Ogden, R.W., "Non-linear Elastic Deformations", 1997
  Simo, J.C., Hughes, T.J.R., "Computational Inelasticity", 2004
 Kojic, M., Bathe, K.J., "Inelastic Analysis of Solids and Structures", 2004

 
Acoustics
 Kinsler, L.E., Frey, A.R., Coppens, A.B., Sanders, J.V., "Fundamentals of
Acoustics", 3rd ed., 1982
[STI: good intro text on acoustics]
 Pierce, A.D., "Acoustics: An Introduction to Its Physical Principles and
Applications", 1991
  [STI: good intro text on acoustics]
 Morse, P.M., Ingard, K.U., "Theoretical Acoustics", 1968
[STI: very good overall text on acoustics; for me, it's a bit tough but very
worthwhile reading]

 
Electronics Packaging
 Christiansen, D., "Electronics Engineers' Handbook", 4th ed., 1996
[STI: good, thorough text. Can think of it as a "Mark's Handbook" for
Electronics]
 Steinberg, D.S., "Cooling Techniques for Electronic Equipment", 2nd ed., 1991
  [STI: A must for electronics packaging, thermal issues]
 Steinberg, D.S., "Vibration Analysis for Electronic Equipment", 2nd ed., 1988
[STI: A must for electronics packaging, structural issues, mainly related for
military applications -- shock & vibe, etc.]