Engineering mechanics

For Statics Courses. A Proven Approach to Conceptual Understanding and Problem-solving Skills Engineering Mechanics: Statics excels in providing a clear and thorough presentation of the theory and application of engineering mechanics. Engineering Mechanics empowers students to succeed by drawing upon Prof. Hibbeler's everyday classroom experience and his knowledge of how students learn. This text is shaped by the comments and suggestions of hundreds of reviewers in the teaching profession, as well as many of the author's students. The Fourteenth Edition includes new Preliminary Problem.

Cover; Inside Front Cover ; Engineering Mechanics: Statics ; Copyright; Preface; Contents; General Principles; Chapter Objectives; Mechanics; Fundamental Concepts; The International System of Units; Numerical Calculations; General Procedure for Analysis; Force Vectors; Chapter Objectives; Scalars and Vectors; Vector Operations; Vector Addition of Forces; Addition of a System of Coplanar Forces; Cartesian Vectors; Addition of Cartesian Vectors; Position Vectors; Force Vector Directed Along a Line; Dot Product; Equilibrium of a Particle; Chapter Objectives.

Condition for the Equilibrium of a ParticleThe Free-Body Diagram; Coplanar Force Systems; Three-Dimensional Force Systems; Force System Resultants; Chapter Objectives; Moment of a Force-Scalar Formulation; Cross Product; Moment of a Force-Vector Formulation; Principle of Moments; Moment of a Force about a Specified Axis; Moment of a Couple; Simplification of a Force and Couple System; Further Simplification of a Force and Couple System; Reduction of a Simple Distributed Loading; Equilibrium of a Rigid Body; Chapter Objectives; Conditions for Rigid-Body Equilibrium; Free-Body Diagrams.

Equations of EquilibriumTwo- and Three-Forc…