Engineering Mechanics.

Intro -- Engineering Mechanics -- Foreword -- Contents -- Introduction -- Mechanics -- Fundamental Concepts and Principles -- Fundamental Concepts -- Newton's Laws of Motion -- Newton's Law of Gravitational Attraction -- Units of Measurement -- Procedure of Problem Solving -- Vectors and Vector Operations -- Vectors and the Parallelogram Law -- Cartesian Vectors -- Cartesian Vector Representation -- Addition and Subtraction of Cartesian Vectors -- Vector Directed Along a Line -- Dot Product and Cross Product -- Cartesian Vector Formulation of the Dot Product -- Applications of the Dot Product -- Cartesian Vector Formulation of the Cross Product -- Simplification of Force Systems -- Moment of a Force about a Point -- Vector Formulation -- Principle of Moments -- Scalar Formulation -- Moment of a Force about a Specified Axis -- Moment of a Couple -- Vector Formulation -- Scalar Formulation -- Simplification of a System of Forces and Couples -- Equivalent System -- Reduction to One Force and One Couple -- Further Simplification -- Application of Simplification of Parallel Forces -- Center of Gravity, Center of Mass, and Centroid of a Body -- Center of Gravity, Center of Mass, and Centroid of Composite Bodies -- Reduction in Distributed Loading -- Equilibrium of Rigid Bodies -- Conditions for Rigid-Body Equilibrium -- Free-Body Diagrams -- Support Reactions -- Procedure of Drawing a Free-Body Diagram -- Equilibrium Problems of a Rigid Body -- Two- and Three-Force Members -- Constrains and Statical Determinacy -- Equilibrium Problems of Structures -- Simple Trusses -- The Method of Joints -- Zero-Force Members -- The Method of Sections -- Friction -- Characteristics of Friction -- Laws of Sliding Friction -- Angles of Friction and Self-Locking -- Problems Involving Sliding Friction -- Rolling Resistance -- Kinematics of Particles.

General Curvilinear Motion -- Curvilinear Motion: Rectangular Components -- Curvilinear Motion: Tangential and Normal Components -- The t-n-b Coordinate System -- Velocity -- Acceleration -- Absolute Dependent Motion Analysis of Particles -- Relative-Motion Analysis Using Translating Axes -- Planar Kinematics of Rigid Bodies -- Translation -- Rotation about a Fixed Axis -- Angular Motion -- Motion of a Particle on a Rotating Body -- Absolute Dependent Motion Analysis of Bodies -- General Plane Motion -- Relative-Motion Analysis: Velocity and Acceleration -- Instantaneous Center of Rotation -- Kinetics: Equations of Motion -- Newton's Second Law of Motion -- Equation of Motion for a Particle -- Equation of Motion for a System of Particles -- Mass Moment of Inertia -- Parallel-Axis Theorem and Radius of Gyration -- Mass Moment of Inertia of Composite Bodies -- Planar Kinetic Equations of Motion -- Equations of Motion for Translation -- Equations of Motion for Rotation about a Fixed Axis -- Equations of Motion for General Plane Motion -- Kinetics: Work and Energy -- Work and Power -- Work -- Power -- Kinetic Energy -- Kinetic Energy of a Particle -- Kinetic Energy of a System of Particles -- Kinetic Energy of a Rigid Body in Planar Motion -- Principle of Work and Energy -- Principle of Work and Energy for a Particle -- Principle of Work and Energy for a System of Particles -- Conservative Forces and Conservation of Energy -- Conservative Forces -- Potential Energy -- Principle of Conservation of Energy -- Kinetics: Impulse and Momentum -- Principle of Linear Impulse and Momentum for a Particle -- Linear Momentum and Linear Impulse -- Principle of Linear Impulse and Momentum -- Principle of Angular Impulse and Momentum for a Particle -- Angular Momentum -- Principle of Angular Impulse and Momentum.

Principle of Impulse and Momentum for a System of Particles -- Linear Momentum of a System of Particles -- Angular Momentum of a System of Particles -- Angular Momentum of Rigid Bodies in Planar Motion -- Principle of Impulse and Momentum for Rigid Bodies in Planar Motion -- Principle of Conservation of Momentum -- Answers -- References.

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