Engineering Mechanics: Volume 1: Equilibrium (Solid Mechanics and Its Applications)

Engineering Mechanics: Volume 1: Equilibrium (Solid Mechanics and Its Applications)
by C. Hartsuijker (Author), J.W. Welleman (Author)

Review

From the reviews:

"The book provides a well-organized and comprehensive treatment of static analysis in various topics . The concepts and applications are well presented; applications include both basic and advanced levels. Worked out examples nicely illustrate concepts; figures and tables are clear and help with understanding the concepts. Each chapter has a large number of assigned problems, helping readers to understand the material. very well written work and a welcome addition to the literature of engineering mechanics. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through professionals." (M. G. Prasad, CHOICE, Vol. 44 (10), June, 2007)

Book Description

This is the first of two volumes introducing structural and continuum mechanics in a comprehensive and consistent way. The current book, Volume 1: Equilibrium, presents all theoretical developments both in text and by means of an extensive set of figures. This same approach is used in the examples and problems, of which a generous amount have been provided to aid understanding and practice. The book consists of distinct modules, each divided into sections which are conveniently sized to be used as lectures. Both formal and intuitive (engineering) arguments are used in parallel to derive the principles used, for instance in bending moment diagrams and shear force diagrams. A very important aspect of this book is the straightforward and consistent sign convention, based on the stress definitions of continuum mechanics.

This method has been tried and tested over a number of years, and has been used for introductory courses at Delft University of Technology in the faculties of Civil Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering, Industrial Design and Architectural Engineering.

Hardcover: 777 pages
Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (October 19, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1402041209
ISBN-13: 978-1402041204

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