Engineering mechanics

J. L. Meriam, L. G. Kraige9780471406464, 0-471-40646-5

Over the past 50 years, Meriam amp Kraige’s “Engineering Mechanics: Statics” has established a highly respected tradition of Excellence, a tradition that emphasizes accuracy, rigor, clarity, and applications. Now completely revised, redesigned, and modernized, the new fifth edition of this classic text builds on these strengths, adding new problems and a more accessible, student–friendly presentation. New Features include: Accessibility: New Contributors Bill Palm has revised the text to make it easier to understand; Pedagogy: End-of-Chapter summaries and highlighted “key concepts” sections help students remember key points; New Application Areas: Includes new application areas such as biomechanics; New Homework Problems: 50 per cent of the problems are new or revised; Solving Problem With…: A Series of optional booklets on “Solving Statics Problems with” Matlab, Mathcad, and Maple Web-Based Problem Solving: A Collection of over 150 online problems; Extension Sample Problems: These problems show how computational tools can be used to solve a variety of ‘What If’ Scenarios; Electronic Figures and Electronic Transparencies of Solved Problems: Text figures and more than 100 solved problems are available on the Web.

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Table of contents :
Front cover
……Page 1
Preface
……Page 6
Brief contents
……Page 12
Table of contents
……Page 13
1 – Introduction to Statics
……Page 21
2 – Force Systems
……Page 41
3 – Equilibrium
……Page 121
4 – Structures
……Page 183
5 – Distributed Forces
……Page 243
6 – Friction
……Page 345
7 – Virtual Work
……Page 403
Appendix A
……Page 445
Appendix B
……Page 481
Appendix C
……Page 483
Appendix D
……Page 499
Index
……Page 508