Engineering Mechanics, Volume 1, Equilibrium

777 pagina's
2006, Springer
ENGINEERING NIECHANICS

Volume 1 Equilibrium

C. Hartsuijker and J.W. Welleman

This work treats structural and continuum mechanics.inc unike and consis-tent manner.

Analytical and graphical methods are given equal emphasis to account for the contemporary requirements of computer applications on one hand, and visua-lization and insight on the other hand. Therefore, all theoretical developments are presented both in the text and by means of an extensive set of figures. Text and figures complement each other, and this twofold presentation is also used in the examples. In the same spirit, both formal and intuitive (engineering) arguments are used in parallel to derive the principles used for instance in Bending Moment diagrams and Shear Stress diagrams. Importantly, sign con-ventions for member forces are related to the stress definitions of continuum mechanics and then applied consistently throughout the series.