Mechanics of Materials SI Version, 5/e (IE-Paperback)

本書序言

●Thoroughly updated to use SI units. 
●Enhanced coverage of methods of determining the deflection of beams by adding Moment Area Method and Conjugate Beam Method. 
●Introduction of a method for calculating the shear stresses in beams of triangular cross section. 
●Solved examples are followed by Learning Assessments, which allow students to work similar problems and check their results against the answers provided.

本書特色

●Communicating visually: The illustrations use color, shading, perspective, and dimension to clearly convey concepts while striving to place these concepts in the context of real-world components and objects.   
●Style and clarity of examples: This textbook places great emphasis on the presentation and quality of example problems.  The commentary explains why various steps are taken and describes the rationale for each step in a solution process while the illustrations help build the mental imagery needed to transfer the concepts to differing situations. 
●Homework philosophy: This textbook includes over 1,300 homework problems in a range of difficulty. 
●Online assessments: Provides extensive package of assessments in the form of practice and reserve problems which can be used by instructors for framing exam questions.