Vector mechanics for engineers : statics and dynamics / Ferdinand P. Beer, E. Russell Johnston, Jr.
By: Beer, Ferdinand P. (Ferdinand Pierre).
Contributor(s): Johnston, E. Russell (Elwood Russell).
Material type: BookPublisher: New York : McGraw-Hill, c1984Edition: 4th ed.Description: xxi, 926 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0070044384.Subject(s): Mechanics, Applied | Vector analysis | Statics | DynamicsDDC classification: 620.105Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 620.105 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00012086 | ||
General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Store Item | 620.105 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00044087 |
Also issued in two separate volumes: Vector mechanics for engineers, statics, 4th ed., and Vector mechanics for engineers, dynamics, 4th ed.
Includes index.
Introduction -- Statics of particles -- Rigid bodies: equivalent systems of forces -- Equilibrium of rigid bodies -- Distributed forces: centroids and centers of gravity -- Analysis of structures -- Forces in beams and cables -- Friction -- Distributed forces: moments of inertia -- Method of virtual work -- Kinematics of particles -- Kinetics of particles: Newton's second law -- Kinetics of particles: energy and momentum methods -- Systems of particles -- Kinematics of rigid bodies -- Plane motion of rigid bodies: forces and accelerations -- Plane motion of rigid bodies: energy and momentum methods -- Kinetics of rigid bodies in three dimensions -- Mechanical vibrations.