Engineering Mechanics: Statics

by Anthony M. Bedford, Wallace L. Fowler

Addison-Wesley is proud to announce the imminent publication of Anthony Bedford and Wallace Fowler's Engineering Statics, Second Edition. The revised textbook will be published in July 1998 and will be available in time for Fall '98 classes. Users of the first edition praised its organization, the clarity of writing, the quality of the art program, its many realistic applications. Bedford/Fowler has quickly earned a place in Engineering schools across the country because it teaches engineering mechanics the way a good instructor would. Hallmark Features Problem Solving Uses a "Strategy-Solution-Discussion" problem-solving methodology that explains how to approach problems, solve them, and critically judge the results Visualization Stresses the importance of visual analysis, especially the use of free-body diagrams Develops figures gradually and employs "ghosting" techniques to clarify and emphasize concepts-- emulating the way an instructor teaches Applications Places engineering mechanics within the context of engineering practice by including applications from many fields of engineering Introduces design principles with the "Application to Engineering" feature using concepts developed in preceding sections of the chapter New Features Organization Includes section on distributed forces on beams earlier in the text in Chapter 7 Presents Friction chapter earlier-- now Chapter 9 Reorganizes the material in Chapter 10, now called Internal Forces and Moments Content Strengthens already superior coverage of FBDs Presents a revised discussion of loads in Chapter 6 Provides new examples throughout the text including the popular feature," Application to Engineering" Increases the number of homework problems by 15% Other Provides a thoroughly revised solution manual written by Wallace Fowler

Genres: Textbooks

600 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 1995

Reviews

[TK · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great book as an introduction to statics or, as I'm reading it this time, to bring yourself back up to speed on the subject. The really good parts of the book are its chapter structure and well written explanations of the theory. The chapter structure is effectively a bit of theory immediately followed by detailed examples. This sounds simple but many textbooks introduce a lot of little bits of theory followed by few examples, sometime with sparse details, and I find this makes learning a lot more difficult on those points you are finding a little bit harder to understand. Even though the examples are detailed and the theory is well written, the book is not verbose and on this 'review' reading I got through the entire book very quickly.