Applied Statics and Strength of Materials

Applied Statics and Strength of Materials provides construction technology and engineering readers with a strategy for successfully learning the basics of structural behavior and design. The book is written at a fundamental level while also providing robust details on problem-solving methods for a variety of recognizable structures, machines and systems. Topics covered within the text include easy-to-understand discussions on trusses, equilibrium, centroids, frames, moment of inertia, combined stress, direct stress, beam mechanics and much more. The book also includes extensive coverage on the design of columns, beans and connections that include the latest design specifications using concrete, steel and wood. More than 175 fully worked examples and 500 exercise problems offer a thorough and comprehensive reinforcement of the materials that are used for recognizable structural and mechanical elements that connect to the reader's real world.

Features:

• Over 175 fully worked examples and 500 exercise problems offer thorough and comprehensive reinforcement of the material.
• New discussion and examples on load paths, building information modeling, and design applications.
• Detailed "Course Project" and "Advanced Course Project" allows student to apply principles throughout the text to the solution of a real-world design problem.
• Links to Internet Tools are provided to stimulate conceptual and visual learning.
• A back-of-book CD contains simulation software to further conceptual understanding.
• "Advanced Learning Opportunities" presents a variety of outside references to be used for honors-type applications.

Table of Contents:

• 1: Introduction to Statics and Strength of Materials.
• 2: Forces and Force Systems.
• 3: Equilibrium of Force Systems.
• 4: Truss and Frame Analysis.
• 5: Friction.
• 6: Center of Gravity and Centroids.
• 7: Moment of Inertia.
• 8: Stress and Strain.
• 9: Further Applications of Stress and Strain.
• 10: Torsion.
• 11: Beams: Shear Forces and Bending Moments.
• 12: Beams: Bending, Shear, and Deflection.
• 13: Combined Stresses.
• 14: Beam Design Basics.
• 15: Column Design Basics.
• 16: Connection Design Basics.