Engineering Mechanics 1 [electronic resource] Statics / by Dietmar Gross, Werner Hauger, Jörg Schröder, Wolfgang A. Wall, Nimal Rajapakse.

Statics is the first volume of a three-volume textbook on Engineering Mechanics. It was written with the intention of presenting to engineering students the basic concepts and principles of mechanics in as simple a form as the subject allows. A second objective of this book is to guide the students...

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Main Authors: Gross, Dietmar (Author)
Hauger, Werner (Author)
Schröder, Jörg (Author)
Wall, Wolfgang A. (Author)
Rajapakse, Nimal (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
Edition:1st ed. 2009.
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Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • 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.