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Research and Markets: Meriam Engineering Mechanics: Statics, SI 6th Edition Provides a Wide Variety of High Quality Problems that are Known for their Accuracy and Realism
Business Wire, Feb 19, 2008
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c83123) has announced the addition of "Meriam Engineering Mechanics: Statics, SI 6th Edition" to their offering.
Meriam and Kraige provide the most comprehensive coverage of how to draw free body diagrams. Through text discussion and assignable homework problems students will learn that drawing free body diagrams is the most important skill needed to learn how to solve mechanics problems. Meriam and Kraige teach students the appropriate techniques and then apply them consistently in solutions of mechanics problems.
Over the past 50 years, Meriam & Kraige's Engineering Mechanics: Statics has established a highly respected tradition of excellence - a tradition that emphasizes accuracy, rigor, clarity, and applications. Now in a Sixth Edition, this classic text builds on these strengths, adding a comprehensive course management system, Plus, to the text, including an e-text, homework management, animations of concepts, and additional teaching and learning resources. New sample problems, new homework problems, and updates to content make the book more accessible. The Sixth Edition continues to provide a wide variety of high quality problems that are known for their accuracy, realism, applications, and variety motivating students to learn and develop their problem solving skills. To build necessary visualization and problem-solving skills, the Sixth Edition continues to offer comprehensive coverage of drawing free body diagrams-- the most important skill needed to solve mechanics problems.
About the Author
Before passing in 2000, Dr. James Lathrop Meriam was an internationally known author and professor of engineering and was regarded as a pioneer in engineering education during the last century. He spent 21 years as a faculty member of University of California-Berkley, during which time he served as the dean of graduate studies and the the chairman of the Division of Mechanics and Design. Over the span of his career, Dr. Meriam received numerous awards including the Outstanding Faculty Award of Tau Beta Pi and the Distinguished Educator Award from the American Society for Engineering Education. He was a member of the ASEE and American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Core Topics
Introduction to Statics.
Force Systems.
Equilibrium.
Structures.
Distributed Forces.
Friction.
Virtual Work.
Appendix A: Area Moments of Inertia.
Appendix B: Summary of Mass Moments of Inertia.
Appendix C: Selected Topics of Mathematics.
Appendix D: Useful Tables.
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