Engineering Mechanics and Strength of Materials

Preface viii Introduction x PART I STATICS Chapter 1 Resultant force and moment  1 1.1 Horizontal and vertical forces 1 1 .2 Components of a force 2 1 .3 Resultant of concurrent forces: Analytical solution 4 1 .4 Resultant of concurrent forces: Computer solution 5 1.5 Resultant of concurrent forces: Graphical solution 5 1.6 Moment of a force (M) 7 1 . 7 Resultant of parallel forces: Analytical solution 9 1.8 Resultant of parallel forces: Graphical solution 10 1.9 Resultant of forces (general case): Analytical solution 13 1.10  Resultant of forces (general case): Computer solution 15 1.11  Resultant of forces (general case): Graphical solution 17Problems 17Chapter 2 Equilibrium of forces 21 2.1  Systems of forces 21 2.2  Conditions for equilibrium 22 2.3  Equilibrant force 24 2.4  Equilibrant moment 262.5  The three force system 27 2.6  Members, joints and supports 30 2. 7  Determination of unknown forces 32Problems 39Chapter 3 Loads and support reactions  47 3.1  Types of load  48 3.2  Types of support 50 3.3 Cantilever beam reactions: Analytical solution 50 3.4 Cantilever beam reactions: Computer solution 53 3.5  Cantilever beam reactions: Graphical solution 54 3.6  Simply supported beams 54 3. 7 Simply supported beam reactions: Analytical solution 563.8 Simply supported beam reactions: Computer solution 57 3.9 Simply supported beam reactions: Graphical solution 58 3.10  Link or cable supported structures 59 3.11  Statically indeterminate beams 62Problems 63 iii
Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Forces in frame members 69 4.1 General principles 69 4.2  Method of joints: Analytical solution 73 4.3  Method of joints: Computer solution 78 4.4 Method of joints: Graphical solution 794.5 Combined force polygon 83 4.6  Method of sections 87 Problems 91 Shear force, bending moment and torque distribution diagrams 98 5.1 Shear force at any section 98 5.2 Bending moment at any section 995.3 Shear force and bending moment: Concentrated loads 100 5.4 Shear force and bending moment diagrams: Concentrated loads on a simply supported beam 100 5.5 Relationship between shear force and bending moment 104 5.6 Shear force and bending moment: Uniformly distributed loads 105 5.7 Shear force and bending moment diagrams: Uniformly distributed loads on a simply supported beam 106 5.8 Shear force and bending moment diagrams: Cantilever beam 110 5.9 Turning moment or torque (r)  113 5.10  Torque distribution diagrams 114 5.11  Combined shear force, bending moment and torque distribution diagrams 117 Problems 119 Chapter 6   Friction 126 6.1  Review of friction 126 6.2 Friction on the inclined plane 129 6.3  Wedges 133 6.4  Screw threads 139 6.5 Forces on a square screw thread 141 6.6 Efficiency of a screw thread 145 6.7 Forces on a vee screw thread 146 6.8 Band friction 147 6.9  Band brakes 149 6.10  Flat belt drives 153 6.11 Vee belt drives 155 6.12 Disc or collar friction 155 Problems 158
PART II  DYNAMICS Chapter 7 Kinematics of motion 169 7 .1  Displacement (s)  169 7.2  Velocity (v)  170 iv
7 .3 Acceleration (a) 170 7 .4 Sign convention for displacemeI)t, velocity and acceleration 172 7 .5 Changes in velocity and acceleration 173 7 .6 Equations for common modes of motion 177 7. 7 Vector addition of motion 1797 .8 Relative motion 181 7 .9 Rotational motion 184 7. 10  Centripetal acceleration 1877 .11 Coriolis acceleration 188Problems 192Chapter 8 Dynamics of motion 196 8.1 Accelerating force 196 8.2 Inertia force 197 8.3 Acceleration on the inclined plane 202 8.4 Centrifugal force (Fe) 204 8.5 Rotation on the inclined plane 207 8.6 Accelerating torque and inertia torque: Point mass 210 8. 7 Rotating non-point mass and mass moment of inertia 2128.8 Calculation of the mass moment of inertia 213 8.9 Systems of connected masses: Translation 218 8.10 Systems of connected m

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