Engineering Mechanics: Statics

Modeling and Analyzing Systems in Equilibrium

Sheri D. Sheppard, Thalia Anagnos, Sarah L. Billington

• Éditeur: Wiley
• Année: 2017
• ISBN:
  9781119337362
• Édition: 1
• Sujet: Physical Sciences
• Sous-sujet: Mechanics

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.

Table des matières

• 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