Statics

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

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. Request lecturer material: sn.pub/lecturer-material

Autorentext

Dr. Igor Emri is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Ljubljana and is a full member of the European Academy of Sciences. He is also one of the Editors-in-Chief of the journal, "Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials."

Dr. Arkady Voloshin is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics at Lehigh University.

Inhalt
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.