This text covers the topics of statics and stength of materials at a level that is appropriate for industrial technology and engineering technology programs, as well as for university-level courses for non-engineering majors such as architecture. The book uses U.S. Customary and SI units equally in worked examplesand practice problems.
Sections requiring calculus are included for professors who teach in accredited programs in the technologies; these sections are marked with asterisks and may be omitted, depending on the level of coverage required, without a loss of continuity in the text. Chapters I through 8 cover the topic of statics and include a review of unit convensions, trigonometry, and simultaneous equations. Chapters 9 through 18 are devoted to the study of strength of materals.
Chapter 1 Basic Concepts
Chapter 2 Resultant of Concurrent Forces in a Plane
Chapter 3 Equilbrium of Concurrent Forces In a Plane
Chapter 4 Resultant of Nonconcurrent Forces in a Plane
Chapter 5 Equilbrium of a Rigid Body
Chapter 6 Force Analysis of Structures and Machines
Chapter 7 Forces in Space
Chapter 8 Friction
Chapter 9 Center of Gravity, Centroids, and Moments of Inertia of areas
Chapter 10 Internal Reactions; Stress for Axial Loads
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