Engineering Mechanics: Statics and Dynamics (4th Edition) - Softcover

Shames, Irving H.

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9780133569247: Engineering Mechanics: Statics and Dynamics (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0133569241 ISBN 13: 9780133569247

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 1996

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With its fourth edition, this text moves into its fourth decade of existence. Two main goals have been pursued: to encourage working problems from first principles in order to discourage rote learning of specific methodologies, and to "open-end" the material to later course work in other engineering sciences. The author draws on his long experience teaching sophomore mechanics a course he believes is incredibly important because it demands a new level of commitment from students, because much of what comes later depends on it, and because it so richly involves mathematics, physics, computers, and common sense. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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A revision of a highly-respected and well known text for courses in Engineering Mechanics.

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This edition of the highly respected and well-known book for Engineering Mechanics focuses on developing a solid understanding of basic principles rather than rote learning of specific methodologies. It covers fundamental principles instead of “cookbook” problem–solving, and has been refined to make it more readable. It includes over 500 new problems rigorously checked for accuracy. Statics topics covered include fundamentals of mechanics, elements of vector algebra, important vector quantities, equivalent force systems, equations of equilibrium, introduction to structural mechanics, friction forces, properties of surfaces, moments and products of inertia, and methods of virtual work and stationary potential energy. Dynamics topics include kinematics of a particle, particle dynamics, energy methods for particles, methods of momentum for particles, kinematics of rigid bodies, kinetics of plane motion of rigid bodies, energy and impulse-momentum methods for rigid bodies, dynamics of general rigid-body motion, and vibrations.

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