Vector Mechanics for Engineers : Dynamics (SI units) - Softcover

Beer, Ferdinand; Johnston, E.; Cornwell, Phillip

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071288953 ISBN 13: 9780071288958

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education / Asia, 2010

Synopsis

"Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Dynamics" provides conceptually accurate and thorough coverage, and its problem-solving methodology gives students the best opportunity to learn dynamics. This new edition features a significantly refreshed problem set. Key features: chapter openers with real-life examples and outlines previewing objectives; careful, step-by-step presentation of lessons; sample problems with the solution laid out in a single page, allowing students to easily see important key problem types; and, Solving Problems on Your Own boxes that prepare students for the problem sets. Forty percent of the problems updated from the previous edition.

About this title

About the Author:

Born in France and educated in France and Switzerland, Ferdinand Beer held an M.S. degree from the Sorbonne and an Sc.D. degree in theoretical mechanics from the University of Geneva. He came to the United States after serving in the French army during the early part of World War II and taught for four years at Williams College in the Williams-MIT joint arts and engineering program. Following his service at Williams College, Beer joined the faculty of Lehigh University, where he taught for thirty-seven years. He held several positions, including the University Distinguished Professors Chair and Chairman of the Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics Department. In 1995, Beer was awarded an honorary Doctor of Engineering degree by Lehigh University.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education / Asia
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0071288953
• ISBN 13: 9780071288958
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 784