Plesha, Gray, and Costanzo's "Engineering Mechanics: Statics & Dynamics" presents the fundamental concepts, clearly, in a modern context using applications and pedagogical devices that connect with today's students. This text features a four-part problem-solving methodology that is consistently used throughout all example problems. This methodology helps students lay out the steps necessary to correct problem-formulation and explains the steps needed to arrive at correct and realistic solutions. Once students have fully mastered the basic concepts, they are taught appropriate use of modern computational tools where applicable. Further reinforcing the text's modern emphasis, the authors have brought engineering design considerations into selected problems where appropriate. This sensitizes students to the fact that engineering problems do not have a single answer and many different routes lead to a correct solution. The first new mainstream text in engineering mechanics in nearly twenty years, Plesha, Gray, and Costanzo's "Engineering Mechanics: Statics and Dynamics" will help your students learn this important material efficiently and effectively.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Setting the Stage for the Study of Dynamics Chapter 2 Particle Kinematics Chapter 3 Force and Acceleration Methods for Particles Chapter 4 Energy Methods for Particles Chapter 5 Momentum Methods for Particles Chapter 6 Planar Rigid Body Kinematics Chapter 7 Newton-Euler Equations for Planar Rigid Body Motion Chapter 8 Energy and Momentum Methods for Rigid Bodies Chapter 9 Mechanical Vibrations Chapter 10 Three-Dimensional Dynamics of Rigid Bodies (Chapter 10 available online) Appendix A Mass Moments of Inertia Appendix B Angular Momentum of a Rigid Body

About the Author

Michael E. Plesha is a Professor of Engineering Mechanics in the Department of Engineering Physics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Gary L. Gray is an Associate Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics in the Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Penn State in University Park, PA. Francesco Costanzo is an Associate Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics in the Engineering Science and Mechanics Department at Penn State. He received the Laurea in Ingegneria Aeronautica from the Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy. After coming to the U.S. as a Fulbright scholar he received his Ph.D. in aerospace engineering from Texas A&M University.