Mechanical engineering

Scope and Contents Document Type: Textbook (Technical).Purpose: Training and Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (Preface to Second Edition and Preface to First Edition) "Many important contributions have been made to the subject of mechanics of materials since the first edition of this book appeared twenty years ago. Likewise, more students and engineers are adequately prepared for the study of advanced topics in this field of knowl-edge, and a...

Scope and Contents Document Type: Textbook (Technical).Purpose: Training and Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope: Preface: "The purpose of this edition of Statics is to provide a suitable text for students of architecture and engineering in technical institutes, junior colleges, and universities. The major emphasis is on the application of basic physical concepts and principles to easily understood problems and examples. A large number of problems...

Scope and Contents Document Type: Textbook (Technical).Purpose: Training and Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope: "The material presented in this book is intended to serve for a first course in mechanical vibrations for undergraduate or graduate students. The ultimate aim is to present the basic elementary vibration theory in a manner sufficiently rigorous so that the student will extend himself to master the mathematical techniques which will...

Scope and Contents Document Type: Textbook (Technical).Purpose: Training and Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Series: Prentice-Hall Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics SeriesNB: "The purpose of the Prentice-Hall Series in Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics is to meet the requirements of teachers who seek to train their students for a place at the forefront of engineering progress."Scope (from...

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Document Type: Training Material (Study).

Purpose: Training and Education.

Authority: Author Expertise.

Scope: Solutions manual was written in 1954 by E.P. Popov, Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of California, Nerkeley, and goes with Poplov's textbook Mechanics of Materials.

Contents: Detailed solutions to the problems in the textbook with accompanying drawings. Also contains suggestions for the instructor.

Scope and Contents Document Type: Textbook (Technical).Purpose: Training and Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (Preface): "Successful machine or structural design is practically impossible without thorough mastery of engineering mechanics and understanding of strength of materials. This book attempts to present the fundamental principles of strength of materials in a form that will transmit these principles easily to the student for his complete...

Scope and Contents Document Type: Textbook (Technical).Purpose: Training and Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope: "This text had its beginnings in the elementary book, Mechanical Vibrations, by the author, which appeared in its second edition in 1953. In the intervening years many changes have taken place in technology and in the manner in which engineering problems are handled. For example the development of the machine computing facilities has...