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Continuing in the spirit of its successful previous editions, the tenth edition of Beer, Johnston, Mazurek, and Cornwell's Vector Mechanics for Engineers provides conceptually accurate and thorough coverage together with a significant refreshment of the exercise sets and online delivery of homework problems to your students. Nearly forty percent of the problems in the text are changed from the previous edition.

The Beer/Johnston textbooks introduced significant pedagogical innovations into engineering mechanics teaching. The consistent, accurate problem-solving methodology gives your students the best opportunity to learn statics and dynamics. At the same time, the careful presentation of content, unmatched levels of accuracy, and attention to detail have made these texts the standard for excellence.

Note biographique

Born in France and educated in France and Switzerland, Ferdinand Beer held an M.S. degree from the Sorbonne and an Sc.D. degree in theoretical mechanics from the University of Geneva. He came to the United States after serving in the French army during the early part of World War II and taught for four years at Williams College in the Williams-MIT joint arts and engineering program. Following his service at Williams College, Beer joined the faculty of Lehigh University, where he taught for thirty-seven years. He held several positions, including the University Distinguished Professors Chair and Chairman of the Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics Department. In 1995, Beer was awarded an honorary Doctor of Engineering degree by Lehigh University.

Table des matières

1 Introduction

2 Statics of Particles

3 Rigid Bodies: Equivalent Systems of Forces

4 Equilibrium of Rigid Bodies

5 Distributed Forces: Centroids and Centers of Gravity

6 Analysis of Structures

7 Forces in Beams and Cables

8 Friction

9 Distributed Forces: Moments of Inertia

10 Method of Virtual Work

11 Kinematics of Particles

12 Kinetics of Particles: Newton's Second Law

13 Kinetics of Particles: Energy and Momentum Methods

14 Systems of Particles

15 Kinematics of Rigid Bodies

16 Plane Motion of Rigid Bodies: Forces and Accelerations

17 Plane Motion of Rigid Bodies: Energy and Momentum Methods

18 Kinetics of Rigid Bodies in Three Dimensions

19 Mechanical Vibrations

Appendix Fundamentals of Engineering Examination

Détails