Gross D. et al. Engineering Mechanics 1: Statics

Dietmar Gross, Werner Hauger, Jörg Schröder, Wolfgang A. Wall, Nimal Rajapakse. — 2nd ed. — Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2013. X, 302 p. 249 illus. — ISBN: 978-3-642-30318-0, e-ISBN: 978-3-642-30319-7, DOI 10.1007/ 978-3-642-30319-7.Presents the basic concepts and principles of statics in as simple a form as the subject allows for students of diverse backgrounds
Teaches the students how to solve problems of statics in a systematic manner
Special features of the book are the TM tools and many examples
Statics is the first volume of a three-volume textbook on Engineering Mechanics.The authors, using a time-honoured straightforward and flexible approach, present the basic concepts and principles of mechanics in the clearest and simplest form possible to advanced undergraduate engineering students of various disciplines and different educational backgrounds.
An important objective of this book is to develop problem solving skills in a systematic manner.
Another aim of this volume is to provide engineering students as well as practising engineers with a solid foundation to help them bridge the gap between undergraduate studies on the one hand and advanced courses on mechanics and/or practical engineering problems on the other.
The book contains numerous examples, along with their complete solutions. Emphasis is placed upon student participation in problem solving. The contents of the book correspond to the topics normally covered in courses on basic engineering mechanics at universities and colleges.
Now in its second English edition, this material has been in use for two decades in Germany, and has benefited from many practical improvements and the authors’ teaching experience over the years. New to this edition are the extra supplementary examples available online as well as the TM-tools necessary to work with this method.Content Level » Upper undergraduate
Keywords » Equilibrium conditions - Free-body diagram - Friction - Statically determinate systems - Work
Related subjects » Civil Engineering - Electronics & Electrical Engineering - Materials -Mathematics - Mechanical Engineering - PhysicsBasic ConceptsForce
Characteristics and Representation of a Force
The Rigid Body
Classification of Forces, Free-Body Diagram
Law of Action and Reaction
Dimensions and Units
Solution of Statics Problems, AccuracyForces with a Common Point of ApplicationAddition of Forces in a Plane
Decomposition of Forces in a Plane, Representation in Cartesian Coordinates
Equilibrium in a Plane
Examples of Coplanar Systems of Forces
Concurrent Systems of Forces in Space
Supplementary ProblemsGeneral Systems of Forces, Equilibriumof a Rigid BodyGeneral Systems of Forces in a Plane
Couple and Moment of a Couple
Moment of a Force
Resultant of Systems of Coplanar Forces
Equilibrium Conditions
General Systems of Forces in Space
The Moment Vector
Equilibrium Conditions
Supplementary ProblemsCenter of Gravity, Center ofMass, CentroidsCenter of Forces
Center of Gravity and Center of Mass
Centroid of an Area
Centroid of a Line
Supplementary ProblemsSupport ReactionsPlane Structures
Supports
Statical Determinacy
Determination of the Support Reactions
Spatial Structures
Multi-Part Structures
Statical Determinacy
Three-Hinged Arch
Hinged Beam
Kinematical Determinacy
Supplementary ProblemsTrussesStatically Determinate Trusses
Design of a Truss
Determination of the Internal Forces
Method of Joints
Method of Sections
Supplementary ProblemsBeams, Frames, ArchesStress Resultants
Stress Resultants in Straight Beams
Beams under Concentrated Loads
Relationship between Loading and Stress Resultants
Integration and Boundary Conditions
Matching Conditions
Pointwise Construction of the Diagrams
Stress Resultants in Frames and Arches
Stress Resultants in Spatial Structures
Supplementary ProblemsWork and Potential EnergyWork and Potential Energy
Principle of Virtual Work
Equilibrium States and Forces in Nonrigid Systems
Reaction Forces and Stress Resultants
Stability of Equilibrium States
Supplementary ProblemsStatic and Kinetic FrictionBasic Principles
Coulomb Theory of Friction
Belt Friction
Supplementary ProblemsA Vectors, Systems of Equations
Vectors
Multiplication of a Vector by a Scalar
Addition and Subtraction of Vectors
Dot Product
Vector Product (Cross-Product)
Systems of Linear Equations