Engineering Mechanics Statics

Statics is taught here as a discipline built on clear pictures. The text centers on free body diagrams, showing readers how to sketch a system and identify every force acting on it before calculating anything. Each worked example follows a set sequence of strategy, solution, and discussion, which guides students through the reasoning behind each step. Design and computational problems are included to address the ABET 2000 accreditation criteria.

The package pairs the printed text with a Statics Study Pack. It includes a Free Body Diagram Workbook, a Working Model CD-ROM, and a companion website of practice problems, each with complete solutions. The loads discussion in Chapter 6 has been revised.

The chapters move from vectors and forces through systems of forces and moments, objects and structures in equilibrium, centroids and centers of mass, and moments of inertia. Later sections cover friction, internal forces and moments, and virtual work with potential energy. The book is aimed at working engineers and students in mechanical, civil, aeronautical, and engineering mechanics.