TY - BOOK AU - Bedford,A. AU - Fowler,Wallace L. TI - Engineering mechanics: statics SN - 0201180707 AV - TA351. B43 1998 U1 - 620.103 23 PY - 1999///] CY - Menlo Park, Calif. PB - Addison-Wesley KW - Statics KW - Mechanics, Applied N1 - Includes index; 1; Introduction --; Engineering and Mechanics --; Learning Mechanics --; Fundamental Concepts --; Units --; 2; 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 --; 3; Forces --; Types of Forces --; Equilibrium and Free-Body Diagrams --; Two-Dimensional Force Systems --; Three-Dimensional Force Systems --; 4; 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 --; 5; Objects in Equilibrium --; The Equilibrium Equations --; Two-Dimensional Applications --; Statically Indeterminate Objects --; Three-Dimensional Applications --; Two-Force and Three-Force Members --; 6; Structures In Equilibrium --; Trusses --; The Method of Joints --; The Method of Sections --; Space Trusses --; Frames and Machines --; 7; 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 --; 8; Moments of Inertia --; Areas --; Definitions --; Parallel-Axis Theorems --; Rotated and Principal Axes --; Masses --; Simple Objects --; Parallel-Axis Theorem --; 9; Friction --; Theory of Dry Friction --; Applications --; 10; 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 --; 11; Virtual Work and Potential Energy --; Virtual Work --; Potential Energy ER -