Engineering Mechanics, Statics [Hardcover]

William F. Riley (Author), Leroy D. Sturges (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0471053333 | ISBN-13: 978-0471053330 | Publication Date: October 30, 1995 | Edition: 2

These exciting books use full-color, and interesting, realistic illustrations to enhance reader comprehension. Also include a large number of worked examples that provide a good balance between initial, confidence building problems and more advanced level problems. Fundamental principles for solving problems are emphasized throughout.

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This book is also available through the Introductory Engineering Custom Publishing System. If you are interested in creating a course-pack that includes chapters from this book, you can get further information by calling 212-850-6272 or sending email inquiries to engineerjwiley.com. Offers a refreshing approach to mechanics through a careful, step-by-step development of basic concepts. Exceptional, full-color art gives clarity and realism to the illustrations. Greater emphasis on free body diagrams provides a strong foundation. Covers moments of inertia and internal distribution extensively. Introduces distributed loads early for use in all subsequent rigid body equilibrium chapters, offering greater flexibility in the types of loads that can be applied to rigid bodies. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 704 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 2 edition (October 30, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471053333
• ISBN-13: 978-0471053330
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 8.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #164,209 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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11 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, Thourough Statics Text, June 18, 2000

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This review is from: Engineering Mechanics, Statics (Hardcover)

The greatest feature of this book is the generous use of examples throughout. For every type of problem, there is some close example that you can refer to.

Even though I didn't particularly enjoy the class for which this text was assigned, I think that the book itself is a great resource, and should be recognized as so.

5.0 out of 5 stars Brand New Book Still in the Wrapping, November 21, 2011

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This review is from: Engineering Mechanics, Statics (Hardcover)

This book, if I'm not mistaken, is currently in its 11th edition, and my prof. still uses the second edition. I never expected to get such a good book. The price was phenomenal, especially for a college kid going to private school. I expected something that had pages with bent corners (drives my engineer mind CRAZY) and highlighter all over the pages. But no, I picked it up from receiving in a bubble wrap-lined manilla envelope, and it was still in the original vacuum-sealed plastic wrap! I opened it up, and it still had that new book smell, the binding crackled when I opened it, and not a mark was on it! The binding still hasn't worn in 8 weeks later. Great book, great price, exactly as it said. Shipped the next day. Arrived within 3-5 days.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Worse than his lectures, September 30, 2009

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This review is from: Engineering Mechanics, Statics (Hardcover)

This book is just bad. Like calculus, statics is one of the most crucial courses for an engineering student and if you don't truly learn the material, the road ahead will be tough. This book will not help you. There are three aspects to this book: informational material (5%), example problems (45%), end of section problems (50%). It can feel like some of the sections with informational material, can fit on an index card.

The author has taken the approach of "Learning by doing" and as such, there are loads of example problems. Some sections talk about a given principle for less than half a page and then have 6+ pages of example problems. This would be an excellent thing, however the explanations on the applicaton of the principles in an example is curt and almost always a re-hash of the already very brief paragraphs in the "informational" section. This leads you to spend most of your time just trying to follow the logic (which isn't explained) in the example problem at which point your statics class becomes more of a self-taught experience.