Engineering Mechanics - Dynamics (11th Edition) [Hardcover]

Russell C. Hibbeler (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0132215047 | ISBN-13: 978-0132215046 | Publication Date: July 7, 2006 | Edition: 11

This best-selling text offers a concise yet thorough presentation of engineering mechanics theory and application. The material is reinforced with numerous examples to illustrate principles and imaginative, well-illustrated problems of varying degrees of difficulty. The text is committed to developing students' problem-solving skills and includes pedagogical features that have made Hibbeler synonymous with excellence in the field. Engineering Mechanics features “Photorealistic” figures and over 400 key figures have been rendered in often 3D photo quality detail to appeal to visual learners. For professionals in mechanical engineering, civil engineering, aeronautical engineering, and engineering mechanics careers.

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From the Back Cover

This best-selling book offers a concise and thorough presentation of engineering mechanics theory and application. The material is reinforced with numerous examples to illustrate principles and imaginative, well-illustrated problems of varying degrees of difficulty. The book is committed to developing its users' problem-solving skills and includes pedagogical features that have made Hibbeler synonymous with excellence in the field. Chapter topics cover general principles, force vectors, equilibrium of a particle, force system resultants, equilibrium of a rigid body, structural analysis, internal forces, friction, center of gravity and centroid, moments of inertia, virtual work, kinematics of a particle, kinetics of a particle: force and acceleration, kinetics of a particle: work and energy, kinetics of a particle: impulse and momentum, planar kinematics of a rigid body, planar kinetics of a rigid body: force and acceleration, planar kinetics of a rigid body: work and energy, planar kinetics of a rigid body: impulse and momentum, three-dimensional kinematics of a rigid body, three-dimensional kinetics of a rigid body, and vibrations. For individuals involved in the study of mechanical/civil/aeronautical engineering. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

About the Author

R.C. Hibbeler graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana with a BS in Civil Engineering (major in Structures) and an MS in Nuclear Engineering. He obtained his PhD in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from Northwestern University.
Hibbeler’s professional experience includes postdoctoral work in reactor safety and analysis at Argonne National Laboratory, and structural work at Chicago Bridge and Iron, as well as Sargent and Lundy in Tucson. He has practiced engineering in Ohio, New York, and Louisiana.
Hibbeler currently teaches at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette. In the past he has taught at the University of Illinois at Urbana, Youngstown State University, Illinois Institute of Technology, and Union College. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 718 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 11 edition (July 7, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0132215047
• ISBN-13: 978-0132215046
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 8.2 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #98,821 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #63 in Books > Professional & Technical > Professional Science > Physics > Dynamics

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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superior to Beer & Johnston, February 18, 2009

By 

Andrew Bense "The Bense" (South Carolina, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Engineering Mechanics - Dynamics (11th Edition) (Hardcover)

I am a sophomore mechanical engineering student that absolutely never ever pays attention in class. So this always leaves me learning 100% from a book.

At my school, we were assigned Beer & Johnston's 8th Edition for Statics & Dynamics. I used it all through my statics course and managed to get an A. However when it came to dynamics, the material gets more difficult to grasp (because it's moving away from you).

I began to look online for a supplemental book, I read a lot of negative reviews for the hibbeler book, but decided to go for it. I ordered this book and began reading the chapters and working the example problems. I then attempted the assigned homework from the beer&johnston's book. After learning the material from the hibbeler book, I found it MUCH MUCH easier to take on the problems from the beer&johnston's book.

Here's an example. On our past section in dynamics (Principle of Work) several students got hung up on an assigned problem for about two days. Once I got to it, I knew exactly how to handle the problem because I was properly taught how to handle it (from the hibbeler book). I looked in the beer&johnston's book and they completely skipped over it.

To me this book is equivalent to having a much better teacher, because it is the book that teaches me everything.

Another thing, about the solution manuals. No engineering book is going to come with worked out solutions like the calculus books tend to do. The objective of these higher level courses is to teach the student how to think and analytically solve problems rather than rely on raw memorization.

I did not mean for this to be so long-winded, but I feel that a lot of people took the course and struggled and are blaming it on the book. If the book was any easier, you wouldn't learn as much. This is a great book for those that want to learn the real deal.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good, but could be better, September 11, 2002

By 

Joel Parker (Starkville, MS, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics (9th Edition) (Hardcover)

I've used both this book and "Engineering Mechanics: Statics" by the same author. Two things jump out at me:

1. This book needs an accompanying solutions manual. There is very little discussion of the material you are supposed to apply in the problems, and no way check if you worked them correctly.

2. This series is riddled with errors, typos, omissions, etc. Be warned, I have come across many mis-typed or incomplete problems, answers, etc.

Neither of these considerations doom the book, but they highlight definite areas for improvement.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Solutions Manual Please!, September 5, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics (8th Edition) (Hardcover)

This book is basically just a book. It was well written and trys to reach the reader by explaining his thoughts, but this book should be designed for the not so knowledgable in Engineering Mechanics Dynammics. Hibbeler seems to think from 2 examples we should be able to handle then next 20 complicated ones. I do believe a solutions manual is needed for a better grasp of the material. Most likely this is the first time someone is reading and trying to comprehend the material, therefore this book should have a complimentary solutions manual.