TY - BOOK AU - Beer, Ferdinand P. AU - Johnston, E. Russell, Jr.;Mazurek, David F. TI - Vector mechanics for engineers: statics SN - 9789813150065 AV - TA 351 .B447 2016 PY - 2016/// CY - New York, NY PB - McGraw Hill Education KW - STATICS N1 - Includes index; Introduction -- Statics of particles -- Rigid bodies: equivalent systems of forces -- Equilibrium of rigid bodies -- Distributed forces: centroids and Centers of gravity -- Analysis of structures -- Forces in beams and cables -- Friction -- Distributed forces: moments of inertia -- Method of virtual work N2 - Vector analysis is introduced early in the text and is used in the presentation and discussion of the fundamental principles of mechanics ER -