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.