Statics : Learning From Engineering Examples

This textbook introduces and explains the basic concepts on which statics is based utilizing real engineering examples. The authors emphasize the learning process by showing a real problem, analyzing it, simplifying it, and developing a way to solve it. This feature teaches students intuitive thinking in solving real engineering problems using the fundamentals of Newton’s laws. This book also: · Stresses representation of physical reality in ways that allow students to solve problems and obtain meaningful results · Emphasizes identification of important features of the structure that should be included in a model and which features may be omitted · Facilitates students' understanding and mastery of the "flow of thinking" practiced by professional engineers Front Matter....Pages i-xii Introduction....Pages 1-4 Laws of Nature and Fundamental Concepts....Pages 5-28 From Reality to a Free Body Diagram....Pages 29-58 Resultant and Equilibrium of Forces Acting at a Point....Pages 59-108 Equilibrium of Rigid Bodies....Pages 109-182 Distributed Forces: Center of Gravity and Centroids....Pages 183-247 Classification of Structural Elements....Pages 249-263 Analysis of Truss Structures....Pages 265-320 Beams....Pages 321-388 Cables....Pages 389-455 Compound Structures....Pages 457-488 Friction....Pages 489-562 Back Matter....Pages 563-570 "This textbook introduces and explains the basic concepts on which statics is based utilizing real engineering examples. The authors emphasize the learning process by showing a real problem, analyzing it, simplifying it, and developing a way to solve it. This feature teaches students intuitive thinking in solving real engineering problems using the fundamentals of Newton's laws." -- Provided by publisher