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Engineering Mechanics: Statics, Study Guide
 
 

Engineering Mechanics: Statics, Study Guide [Paperback]

William F. Riley , Leroy D. Sturges
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This book is also available through the Introductory Engineering Custom Publishing System. If you are interested in creating a course-pack that includes chapters from this book, you can get further information by calling 212-850-6272 or sending email inquiries to engineer&atsign;jwiley.com. Offers a refreshing approach to mechanics through a careful, step-by-step development of basic concepts. Exceptional, full-color art gives clarity and realism to the illustrations. Greater emphasis on free body diagrams provides a strong foundation. Covers moments of inertia and internal distribution extensively. Introduces distributed loads early for use in all subsequent rigid body equilibrium chapters, offering greater flexibility in the types of loads that can be applied to rigid bodies.

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This book is also available through the Introductory Engineering Custom Publishing System. If you are interested in creating a course-pack that includes chapters from this book, you can get further information by calling 212-850-6272 or sending email inquiries to engineerjwiley.com. Offers a refreshing approach to mechanics through a careful, step-by-step development of basic concepts. Exceptional, full-color art gives clarity and realism to the illustrations. Greater emphasis on free body diagrams provides a strong foundation. Covers moments of inertia and internal distribution extensively. Introduces distributed loads early for use in all subsequent rigid body equilibrium chapters, offering greater flexibility in the types of loads that can be applied to rigid bodies.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, Thourough Statics Text, Jun 18 2000
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The greatest feature of this book is the generous use of examples throughout. For every type of problem, there is some close example that you can refer to.

Even though I didn't particularly enjoy the class for which this text was assigned, I think that the book itself is a great resource, and should be recognized as so.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, Thourough Statics Text, Jun 18 2000
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Engineering Mechanics, Statics (Hardcover)
The greatest feature of this book is the generous use of examples throughout. For every type of problem, there is some close example that you can refer to.

Even though I didn't particularly enjoy the class for which this text was assigned, I think that the book itself is a great resource, and should be recognized as so.


2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars Worse than his lectures, Sep 30 2009
By Stabien Theabrik - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Engineering Mechanics, Statics (Hardcover)
This book is just bad. Like calculus, statics is one of the most crucial courses for an engineering student and if you don't truly learn the material, the road ahead will be tough. This book will not help you. There are three aspects to this book: informational material (5%), example problems (45%), end of section problems (50%). It can feel like some of the sections with informational material, can fit on an index card.

The author has taken the approach of "Learning by doing" and as such, there are loads of example problems. Some sections talk about a given principle for less than half a page and then have 6+ pages of example problems. This would be an excellent thing, however the explanations on the applicaton of the principles in an example is curt and almost always a re-hash of the already very brief paragraphs in the "informational" section. This leads you to spend most of your time just trying to follow the logic (which isn't explained) in the example problem at which point your statics class becomes more of a self-taught experience.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Brand New Book Still in the Wrapping, Nov 21 2011
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This review is from: Engineering Mechanics, Statics (Hardcover)
This book, if I'm not mistaken, is currently in its 11th edition, and my prof. still uses the second edition. I never expected to get such a good book. The price was phenomenal, especially for a college kid going to private school. I expected something that had pages with bent corners (drives my engineer mind CRAZY) and highlighter all over the pages. But no, I picked it up from receiving in a bubble wrap-lined manilla envelope, and it was still in the original vacuum-sealed plastic wrap! I opened it up, and it still had that new book smell, the binding crackled when I opened it, and not a mark was on it! The binding still hasn't worn in 8 weeks later. Great book, great price, exactly as it said. Shipped the next day. Arrived within 3-5 days.
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