Engineering Mechanics - 1: Statics

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 courseson 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.
 

List of contents

Introduction.- Basic Concepts.- Forces with a Common Point of Application.- General Systems of Forces, Equilibrium of a Rigid Body.- Center of Gravity, Center of Mass, Centroids.- Support Reactions.- Trusses.- Beams, Frames, Arches.- Work and Potential Energy.- Static and Kinetic Friction

About the author

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dietmar Gross studierte AngewandteMechanik und promovierte an der Universität Rostock. Er habilitierte an der Universität Stuttgart und ist seit 1976 Professor für Mechanik an der TU Darmstadt. Seine Arbeitsgebiete sind unter anderen die Festkörper- und Strukturmechanik sowie die Bruchmechanik. Hierbei ist er auch mit der Modellierung mikromechanischer Prozesse befasst. Er ist Mitherausgeber mehrerer internationaler Fachzeitschriften sowie Autor zahlreiche rLehrund Fachbücher.

Prof. Dr.Werner Hauger studierte Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik an der Universität Karlsruhe und promovierte an der Northwestern University in Evanston/Illinois. Er war mehrere Jahre in der Industrie tätig, hatte eine Professur an der Universität der Bundeswehr in Hamburg und wurde 1978 an die TU Darmstadt berufen. Sein Arbeitsgebiet ist die Festkörpermechanik mit den Schwerpunkten Stabilitätstheorie, Plastodynamik und Biomechanik. Er ist Autor von Lehrbüchern und war Mitherausgeber internationaler Fachzeitschriften.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jörg Schröder studierte Bauingenieurwesen, promovierte an der Universität Hannover und habilitierte an der Universität Stuttgart. Nach einer Professur für Mechanik an der TU Darmstadt ist er seit 2001 Professor für Mechanik an der Universität Duisburg-Essen. Seine Arbeitsgebiete sind unter anderem die theoretische und die computerorientierte Kontinuumsmechanik sowie die phänomenologische Materialtheorie mit Schwerpunkten auf der Formulierung anisotroper Materialgleichungen und der Weiterentwicklung der Finite-Elemente-Methode.

Summary

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 courseson 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.
 

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From the reviews of the second edition:
“This small book … does a good job covering most of the traditional topics in statics. … This is a nicely done and rigorous work on statics; it can be used as a primary textbook, supplemental reading, or for self-study. Summing Up: Highly Recommended. All undergraduate students.” (A. M. Strauss, Choice, Vol. 51 (9), May, 2014)

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From the reviews of the second edition:
"This small book ... does a good job covering most of the traditional topics in statics. ... This is a nicely done and rigorous work on statics; it can be used as a primary textbook, supplemental reading, or for self-study. Summing Up: Highly Recommended. All undergraduate students." (A. M. Strauss, Choice, Vol. 51 (9), May, 2014)

Product details

• Authors: Dietmar Gross, Werner Hauger, Nimal Rajapakse, Jörg Schröder, Jörg et al Schröder, Wolfgang A. Wall
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.2012
• EAN: 9783642303180
• ISBN: 978-3-642-30318-0
• No. of pages: 301
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 204 mm x 205 mm
• Weight: 383 g
• Illustrations: IX, 301 p. 249 illus. With online files/update.
• Sets: Engineering Mechanics; Engineering Mechanics
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Mechanical engineering, production engineering