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by J. P. Den Hartog
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ISBN: 0486607542 Dover Publications Price: $15.95 |
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An excellent refresher volume as well as a classic introductory text, this book features hundreds of applications and design problems that illuminate fundamentals of trusses, loaded beams and cables, and related areas. Includes 334 answered problems.
Table of Contents for Mechanics
| PREFACE | |||||||
| CHAPTER I-DISCRETE COPLANAR FORCES | |||||||
| 1. Introduction | |||||||
| 2. Forces | |||||||
| 3. Parallelogram of Forces | |||||||
| 4. Cartesian Components | |||||||
| CHAPTER II-CONDITIONS OF EQUILIBRIUM | |||||||
| 5. Moments | |||||||
| 6. Couples | |||||||
| 7. Equations of Equilibrium | |||||||
| 8. Applications | |||||||
| CHAPTER III-DISTRIBUTED FORCES | |||||||
| 9. Parallel Forces | |||||||
| 10. Centers of Gravity | |||||||
| 11. Distributed Loadings | |||||||
| 12. Hydrostatics | |||||||
| CHAPTER IV-TRUSSES AND CABLES | |||||||
| 13. Method of Sections | |||||||
| 14. Method of Joints | |||||||
| 15. Funicular Polygons | |||||||
| 16. Uniformity Loaded Cables | |||||||
| CHAPTER V-BEAMS | |||||||
| 17. Bending Moments in Beams | |||||||
| 18. Distributed Beam Loadings | |||||||
| CHAPTER VI-FRICTION | |||||||
| 19. Definition | |||||||
| 20. Applications | |||||||
| CHAPTER VII-SPACE FORCES | |||||||
| 21. Composition of Forces and Couples | |||||||
| 22. Conditions of Equilibrium | |||||||
| 23. Applications | |||||||
| 24. Space Frames | |||||||
| 25. Straight and Curved Beans | |||||||
| CHAPTER VIII-THE METHOD OF WORK | |||||||
| 26. A Single Rigid Body | |||||||
| 27. Systems of Bodies | |||||||
| 28. Applications | |||||||
| 29. Stability of Equilibrium | |||||||
| CHAPTER IX-KINEMATICS OF A POINT | |||||||
| 30. Rectilinear and Angular Motion | |||||||
| 31. Motion in Space | |||||||
| 32. Applications | |||||||
| CHAPTER X-DYNAMICS OF A PARTICLE | |||||||
| 33. Newton's Laws | |||||||
| 34. Rectilinear Motion of a Particle | |||||||
| 35. Curvilinear Motion of a Particle | |||||||
| 36. Systems of Two Particles | |||||||
| CHAPTER XI-KINEMATICS OF PLANE MOTION | |||||||
| 37. Velocities | |||||||
| 38. Accelerations | |||||||
| CHAPTER XII-MOMENTS OF INERTIA | |||||||
| 39. The Principle of d'Alembert | |||||||
| 40. General Properties | |||||||
| 41. Specific Examples | |||||||
| CHAPTER XIII-DYNAMICS OF PLANE MOTION | |||||||
| 42. Rotation about a Fixed Axis | |||||||
| 43. Examples of Fixed-axis Rotation | |||||||
| 44. General Motion in a Plane | |||||||
| 45. Examples on General Plane Motion | |||||||
| CHAPTER XIV-WORK AND ENERGY | |||||||
| 46 Kinetic Energy of a Particle | |||||||
| 47. Potential Energy; Efficiency; Power | |||||||
| 48. Energy of Plane Bodies | |||||||
| 49. Applications | |||||||
| CHAPTER XV-IMPULSE AND MOMENTUM | |||||||
| 50. Linear Momentum | |||||||
| 51. Angular Momentum | |||||||
| 52. Applications | |||||||
| 53. Impact | |||||||
| CHAPTER XVI-RELATIVE MOTION | |||||||
| 54. Introduction | |||||||
| 55. Non-rotating Vehicles | |||||||
| 56. Rotating Vehicles; Coriolis's Law | |||||||
| 57. Applications | |||||||
| CHAPTER XVII-GYROSCOPES | |||||||
| 58. Theorems on Rotation in Space | |||||||
| 59. Discussion of the The | |||||||
| 60. The Principle Theorem of the Gyroscope | |||||||
| 61. Applications | |||||||
| 62. The Gyroscopic Ship's Compass | |||||||
| PROBLEMS | |||||||
| ANSWERS TO PROBLEMS | |||||||
| LIST OF EQUATIONS | |||||||
| INDEX |