TY - BOOK AU - Beer, Ferdinand P. AU - Johnston, E. Russell TI - Vector mechanics for engineers: statics and dynamics SN - 9780070659940 U1 - 620.105 PY - 2007/// CY - New Delhi. PB - Tata McGraw- Hill KW - Mechanics, Applied Mechanics N1 - Mechanical Engineering; CONTENTS: Preface List of symbols 1. Introduction 2. Statics of particles 3. Rigid bodies: equivalent system of forces 4. Equilibrium of rigid bodies 5. Distributed forces: Centroids and centers of gravity 6. Analysis of structures 7. Forces in beams and cables 8. Friction 9. Distributed forces: Moments of inertia 10. Method of virtual work 11. Kinematics of particles 12. Kinetics of particles: Newton's second law 13. Kinetics of particles: energy and momentum methods 14. Systems of particles 15. Kinematics of rigid bodies 16. Plane motion of rigid bodies: Forces and accelerations 17. Plane motion of rigid bodies: Energy and momentum methods 18. Kinetics of rigid bodies in three dimensions 19. Mechanical Vibrations Appendix N2 - Vector, Mechanics, Vector Mechanics ER -