Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Statics and Dynamics

Overview

Main description

Continuing in the spirit of its successful previous editions, the tenth edition of Beer, Johnston, Mazurek, and Cornwell's Vector Mechanics for Engineers provides conceptually accurate and thorough coverage together with a significant refreshment of the exercise sets and online delivery of homework problems to your students. Nearly forty percent of the problems in the text are changed from the previous edition.

The Beer/Johnston textbooks introduced significant pedagogical innovations into engineering mechanics teaching. The consistent, accurate problem-solving methodology gives your students the best opportunity to learn statics and dynamics. At the same time, the careful presentation of content, unmatched levels of accuracy, and attention to detail have made these texts the standard for excellence.

Table of contents

1 Introduction2 Statics of Particles3 Rigid Bodies: Equivalent Systems of Forces4 Equilibrium of Rigid Bodies5 Distributed Forces: Centroids and Centers of Gravity6 Analysis of Structures7 Forces in Beams and Cables8 Friction9 Distributed Forces: Moments of Inertia10 Method of Virtual Work11 Kinematics of Particles12 Kinetics of Particles: Newton's Second Law13 Kinetics of Particles: Energy and Momentum Methods14 Systems of Particles15 Kinematics of Rigid Bodies16 Plane Motion of Rigid Bodies: Forces and Accelerations17 Plane Motion of Rigid Bodies: Energy and Momentum Methods18 Kinetics of Rigid Bodies in Three Dimensions19 Mechanical VibrationsAppendix Fundamentals of Engineering Examination