Engineering Mechanics 1 Statics /

• Main Authors: Rajapakse, Nimal (Author), Gross, Dietmar (Author), Hauger, Werner (Author), Schröder, Jörg (Author), Wall, Wolfgang A. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Mechanics.; Mechanics, Applied.; Mechanical engineering.; Mechanical Engineering.; Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.

Statics is the first volume of a three-volume textbook on Engineering Mechanics. It was written with the intention of presenting to engineering students the basic concepts and principles of mechanics in as simple a form as the subject allows. A second objective of this book is to guide the students...

Table of Contents:

• Basic Concepts
• Forces with a Common Point of Application
• General Systems of Forces, Equilibrium of a Rigid Body
• Center of Gravity, Center of Mass, Centroids
• Support Reactions
• Trusses
• Beams, Frames, Arches
• Work and Potential Energy
• Static and Kinetic Friction.