Vector mechanics for engineers : statics and dynamics /

Beer, Ferdinand P.

Vector mechanics for engineers : statics and dynamics / Ferdinand P. Beer and E. Russell Johnston, Jr. - Fourth edition. - New York : McGraw Hill Education, c1984 - v, 926 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Includes index.

Chapter One. Introduction -- Chapter Two. Statics of Particles -- Chapter Three. Rigid Bodies: Equivalent Systems of Forces -- Chapter Four. Equilibrium of Rigid Bodies -- Chapter Five. Distributed Forces: Centroids and Centers of Gravity -- Chapter Six. Analysis of Structures -- Chapter Seven. Forces in Beams and Cables -- Chapter Eight. Friction -- Chapter Nine. Distributed Forces: Moments of Inertia -- Chapter Ten. Method of Virtual Work -- Chapter Eleven -- Kinematics of Particles -- Chapter Twelve: Kinetics of Particles: Newton's Second Law -- Chapter Thirteen. Kinetics of Particles: Energy and Momentum Methods -- Chapter Fourteen. Systems of Particles -- Chapter Fifteen. Kinematics of Rigid Bodies -- Chapter Sixteen. Plane Motion of Rigid Bodies: Forces and Accelerations -- Chapter Seventeen. Plane Motion of Rigid Bodies: Energy and Momentum Methods -- Chapter Eighteen. Kinetics of Rigid Bodies in Three Dimensions-- Chapter Nineteen. Mechanical Vibrations.

The main objective of a first course in mechanics should be develop in the engineering student the ability to analyze any problem in a simple and logical manner and to apply to its solution few, well-understood, basic principles.

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MECHANICS, APPLIED

TA 350 .B44 1984