Statics Learning from Engineering Examples /

• Main Authors: Emri, Igor (Author), Voloshin, Arkady (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Continuum mechanics.; Structural mechanics.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.; Structural Mechanics.

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 thinki...

Table of Contents:

• The Laws of Nature
• Forms of Loads and Supports
• Resultant and Equilibrium of Forces Acting at a Point
• Equilibrium of Rigid Body
• Centroids
• From the Rigid Body to Structures
• Trusses
• Beams
• Ropes
• Mixed Structures
• Friction.