
Engineering Mechanics: Statics
Modeling and Analyzing Systems in Equilibrium
- 720 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
Engineering Mechanics: Statics
Modeling and Analyzing Systems in Equilibrium
About this book
Mechanics courses tend to provide engineering students with a precise, mathematical, but less than engaging experience. Students often view the traditional approach as a mysterious body of facts and "tricks" that allow idealized cases to be solved. When confronted with more realistic systems, they are often at a loss as to how to proceed. To address this issue, this course empowers students to tackle meaningful problems at an early stage in their studies.
Engineering Mechanics: Statics, First Edition begins with a readable overview of the concepts of mechanics. Important equations are introduced, but the emphasis is on developing a "feel" for forces and moments, and for how loads are transferred through structures and machines. From that foundation, the course helps lay a motivational framework for students to build their skills in solving engineering problems.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About the Authors
- Contents
- Chapter 1 PRINCIPLES AND TOOLS FOR STATIC ANALYSIS
- Chapter 2 FORCES
- Chapter 3 MOMENTS
- Chapter 4 MODELING SYSTEMS WITH FREE-BODY DIAGRAMS
- Chapter 5 MECHANICAL EQUILIBRIUM
- Chapter 6 DISTRIBUTED FORCE
- Chapter 7 DRY FRICTION AND ROLLING RESISTANCE
- Chapter 8 MEMBER LOADS IN TRUSSES
- Chapter 9 MEMBER LOADS IN FRAMES AND MACHINES
- Chapter 10 INTERNAL LOADS IN BEAMS
- Chapter 11 INTERNAL LOADS IN CABLES
- Appendix A SELECTED TOPICS IN MATHEMATICS
- Appendix B PHYSICAL QUANTITIES
- Appendix C PROPERTIES OF AREAS AND VOLUMES
- Appendix D CASE STUDY: THE BICYCLE
- Appendix E CASE STUDY: THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE
- Index
- EULA