Engineering mechanics
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Summary
The second edition of Engineering Mechanics is specially designed as a textbook for undergraduate students of engineering. It provides a detailed and holistic treatment of the basic theories and principles of both statics and dynamics. Starting from the fundamental concepts of force and equilibrium along with free body diagrams, this book comprehensively covers the various analytical aspects of rigid body mechanics, including a suitable discourse on simple lifting machines. Within each chapter, the simpler topics and problems precede those that are more complex and advanced. Each chapter starts with the key concepts and gradually builds up on the advanced topics using detailed and easy-to-understand illustrations. A chapter on simple lifting machines Additional topics such as parabolic and catenary cables, product and principal moment of area, stability of equilibrium, equations of motion with variable acceleration, angular impulse, and angular momentum Numerous illustrations, solved problems, review questions, numerical problems Two new appendices-Appendix A on the timeline of important discoveries and inventions in classical mechanics and Appendix H on shear force and bending moment Key Features Basic concepts of statics and dynamics are presented using the vector approach. Dynamics of particles and dynamics of rigid bodies are covered separately. Large number of solved examples and numerous illustrations are provided to reinforce the understanding of theoretical concepts.