Engineering Mechanics, Volume 1: Statics, Fifth Edition

  • 9h 52m
  • J.L. Meriam, L.G. Kraige
  • John Wiley & Sons (US)
  • 2002

Over the past 50 years, Meriam & Kraige’s Engineering Mechanics: Statics has established a highly respected tradition of excellence—a tradition that emphasizes accuracy, rigor, clarity, and applications. Now completely revised, redesigned, and modernized, the new fifth edition of this classic text builds on these strengths, adding new problems and a more accessible, student-friendly presentation.

New Features

  • Accessibility: New contributor Bill Palm has revised the text to make it easier to understand
  • Pedagogy: End-of-chapter summaries and highlighted “Key Concepts” sections help students remember key points
  • New Application Areas: Includes new application areas such as Biomechanics
  • New Homework Problems: 50% of the problems are new or revised
  • Solving Problems With…: A series of optional booklets on “Solving Statics Problems With” MATLAB, MATHCAD, and MAPLE

In this Book

  • Introduction to Statics
  • Force Systems
  • Equilibrium
  • Structures
  • Distributed Forces
  • Friction
  • Virtual Work