Engineering mechanics : statics /
Statics
Anthony Bedford, Wallace L. Fowler.
- Second edition.
- xx, 600 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 27 cm
Includes index.
Introduction -- Engineering and Mechanics -- Learning Mechanics -- Fundamental Concepts -- Units -- Vectors -- Vector Operations and Definitions -- Scalars and Vectors -- Rules for Manipulating Vectors -- Cartesian Components -- Components in Two Dimensions -- Components in Three Dimensions -- Products of Vectors -- Dot Products -- Cross Products -- Mixed Triple Products -- Forces -- Types of Forces -- Equilibrium and Free-Body Diagrams -- Two-Dimensional Force Systems -- Three-Dimensional Force Systems -- Systems of Forces and Moments -- Two-Dimensional Description of the Moment -- The Moment Vector -- Moment of a Force about a Line -- Couples -- Equivalent Systems -- Representing Systems by Equivalent Systems -- Objects in Equilibrium -- The Equilibrium Equations -- Two-Dimensional Applications -- Statically Indeterminate Objects -- Three-Dimensional Applications -- Two-Force and Three-Force Members -- Structures In Equilibrium -- Trusses -- The Method of Joints -- The Method of Sections -- Space Trusses -- Frames and Machines -- Centroids and Centers of Mass -- Centroids -- Centroids of Areas -- Centroids of Composite Areas -- Distributed Loads -- Centroids of Volumes and Lines -- The Pappus-Guldinus Theorems -- Centers of Mass -- Definition of the Center of Mass -- Centers of Mass of Composite Objects -- Moments of Inertia -- Areas -- Definitions -- Parallel-Axis Theorems -- Rotated and Principal Axes -- Masses -- Simple Objects -- Parallel-Axis Theorem -- Friction -- Theory of Dry Friction -- Applications -- Internal Forces and Moments -- Beams -- Axial Force, Shear Force, and Bending Moment -- Shear Force and Bending Moment Diagrams -- Relations between Distributed Load, Shear Force, and Bending Moment -- Cables -- Loads Distributed Uniformly Along Straight Lines -- Loads Distributed Uniformly Along Cables -- Discrete Loads -- Liquids and Gases -- Pressure and the Center of Pressure -- Pressure in a Stationary Liquid -- Virtual Work and Potential Energy -- Virtual Work -- Potential Energy. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.