How to Ace Statics with Jeff Hanson

Cut through the noise and ace your statics course with help from YouTube® guru Jeff Hanson

Struggling with statics? Not getting the help you need from your professor or textbook? Don’t worry―we got you! This is exactly what you need to get through this difficult course. How to Ace Statics with Jeff Hanson gets right to the point―it boils down what you need to know, lays out pro tips from the experts, and points out common pitfalls to avoid.

You’ll learn the core concepts by watching Jeff Hanson’s videos on YouTube® that are proven to help students like you ace the class. And then you'll reinforce that knowledge by following Jeff’s book’s to-the-point explanations examples, and practice problems. The book contains a QR code to the YouTube videos playlist plus extra questions, problems, and challenges that expand on the videos. This student workbook―or “un-book”―will untangle this thorny course and have you breezing through statics.

• Expands on Jeff Hanson’s videos with extra examples, practice problems and pro tips
• No paragraphs of text! Just the key takeaways you need to know in easy-to-read bulleted lists and illustrations

Covers:

• vector mechanics
• particle equilibrium
• statics on a rigid body
• global equilibrium reactions
• centroids
• trusses, frames, and machines
• internal forces -in beams
• friction
• moment of inertia

Jeff Hanson, Ph.D., is an instructor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas Tech University. He has a large following (~125,000 followers) on YouTube for his engineering instructional course videos.

Ashley L. Bernal, Ph.D., is associate professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. She specializes in teaching statics and mechanics of materials, materials engineering, design for manufacturing, and the Capstone Design course. 

James M. Pitaressi, Ph.D., is Distinguished Teaching Professor of Mechanical Engineering, assistant provost and executive director for the Center for Learning and Teaching at Binghamton University, State University of New York. He is also a member of the AccessEngineering faculty advisory board.