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Continuing in the spirit of its successful previous editions, the ninth edition of Beer, Johnston, Mazurek, and Cornwell's Vector Mechanics for Engineers provides conceptually accurate and thorough coverage together with a significant refreshment of the exercise sets and online delivery of homework problems to your students. Nearly forty percent of the problems in the text are changed from the previous edition.
The Beer/Johnston textbooks introduced significant pedagogical innovations into engineering mechanics teaching. The consistent, accurate problem-solving methodology gives your students the best opportunity to learn statics and dynamics. At the same time, the careful presentation of content, unmatched levels of accuracy, and attention to detail have made these texts the standard for excellence.
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Conceptually accurate and error-free problem material.
Careful, step-by-step presentation followed in each unit of each chapter. Each unit can be covered in one class.
Artwork carefully drawn and located next to corresponding material.
Through the extensive use of free-body diagrams in Statics and effective force diagrams in Dynamics, students are given a more intuitive understanding of key concepts.
The use of color in this 4-color text helps students to better distinguish between vectors: red equals acceleration and forces (applied and effective), green equals velocity, and blue equals position.
The Sixth Edition features Beer and Johnston's famous Sample Problems, over 3,000 homework problems (95% new), and new Solving Problems on Your Own sections which provide students with strategies and tips for problem solving.
Many computer problems relevant to the design process have been added to the end of chapter problem sets.
Working Model(r) 3D Simulations CD-ROM. This powerful software supplement contains the following: Working Model 3D Student Edition Text (a 3D engine/viewer not available with any other Statics and Dynamics text); 43 Working Model Simulations (also in 3D) based on Sample Problems and Exercises from the books; 43 videos (AVIs) of the simulations and an HTML page; Working Model Tutorial/User's Guide.
Interactive Statics and Dynamics Tutorial. Always available with the 6th Edition, this tutorial, which expands on key concepts from the texts, has been enhanced and is now available on CD-ROM. For each concept there is a clear, physical elaboration; examples; quizzes for drill and practice; and cross-references to the texts.
FE Exam Interactive Review for Statics and Dynamics. This review includes 100 fully interactive sample questions from the statics and dynamics portions of the FE exam. Hints for solution are given and correct answers explained.
The Statics Problems Supplement contains over 500 new homework problems arranged by chapter. Most chapter problem sets include several problems set up expressly for computer solution. A complete Instructor's Solutions Manual will be available to help instructors use the new material for homework or testing. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Careful, step-by-step presentation followed in each unit of each chapter. Each unit can be covered in one class.
Artwork carefully drawn and located next to corresponding material.
Through the extensive use of free-body diagrams in Statics and effective force diagrams in Dynamics, students are given a more intuitive understanding of key concepts.
The use of color in this 4-color text helps students to better distinguish between vectors: red equals acceleration and forces (applied and effective), green equals velocity, and blue equals position.
The Sixth Edition features Beer and Johnston's famous Sample Problems, over 3,000 homework problems (95% new), and new Solving Problems on Your Own sections which provide students with strategies and tips for problem solving.
Many computer problems relevant to the design process have been added to the end of chapter problem sets.
Working Model(r) 3D Simulations CD-ROM. This powerful software supplement contains the following: Working Model 3D Student Edition Text (a 3D engine/viewer not available with any other Statics and Dynamics text); 43 Working Model Simulations (also in 3D) based on Sample Problems and Exercises from the books; 43 videos (AVIs) of the simulations and an HTML page; Working Model Tutorial/User's Guide.
Interactive Statics and Dynamics Tutorial. Always available with the 6th Edition, this tutorial, which expands on key concepts from the texts, has been enhanced and is now available on CD-ROM. For each concept there is a clear, physical elaboration; examples; quizzes for drill and practice; and cross-references to the texts.
FE Exam Interactive Review for Statics and Dynamics. This review includes 100 fully interactive sample questions from the statics and dynamics portions of the FE exam. Hints for solution are given and correct answers explained.
The Statics Problems Supplement contains over 500 new homework problems arranged by chapter. Most chapter problem sets include several problems set up expressly for computer solution. A complete Instructor's Solutions Manual will be available to help instructors use the new material for homework or testing. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Review of : Vector mechanics for Engineers: Statics and Dynamics (5th edition), by Beer and Johnston.
This is the 1988 version of this standard text. The authors have written an introductory text of about 1000 pages which covers the standard content of a typical undergraduate education in Mechanics. They use vector notation and algebra consistently throughout. The required vector notions are carefully explained when they occur in the text rather than collecting them together at the beginning. The power of vector methods in 3D problems is well illustrated. The development of the subject is fairly slow, careful and straightforward with a great number of well-diagrammed engineering problems. I found it very enjoyable and helpful to read. The problems tend to be numeric rather than algebraic as in a math-oriented text. Part of the length of the text is due to chapter reviews at the close of each chapter, introduced in this edition, which appear to be required now-a-days. I learned mechanics in the mid-fifties from the three texts by A.S.Ramsey. The coverage of the present volume is similar except Lagrange's generalized co-ordinates are not covered. Much of the material would be accessible to students who are math specialists in the Sixth form.
The sections on couples and the reduction of forces acting on a rigid body suffers from notational problems since force-vector(F) + force-vector(-F) = vector(0), by definition, so the forces vector(F) and vector(-F) cannot form a couple. This problem seems to occur in many texts using vector notation. This vitiates several proofs and leads to diagrams with several vector forces labelled F sprouting out. Of course, force-vector(F) has a unique line of action.
This is the 1988 version of this standard text. The authors have written an introductory text of about 1000 pages which covers the standard content of a typical undergraduate education in Mechanics. They use vector notation and algebra consistently throughout. The required vector notions are carefully explained when they occur in the text rather than collecting them together at the beginning. The power of vector methods in 3D problems is well illustrated. The development of the subject is fairly slow, careful and straightforward with a great number of well-diagrammed engineering problems. I found it very enjoyable and helpful to read. The problems tend to be numeric rather than algebraic as in a math-oriented text. Part of the length of the text is due to chapter reviews at the close of each chapter, introduced in this edition, which appear to be required now-a-days. I learned mechanics in the mid-fifties from the three texts by A.S.Ramsey. The coverage of the present volume is similar except Lagrange's generalized co-ordinates are not covered. Much of the material would be accessible to students who are math specialists in the Sixth form.
The sections on couples and the reduction of forces acting on a rigid body suffers from notational problems since force-vector(F) + force-vector(-F) = vector(0), by definition, so the forces vector(F) and vector(-F) cannot form a couple. This problem seems to occur in many texts using vector notation. This vitiates several proofs and leads to diagrams with several vector forces labelled F sprouting out. Of course, force-vector(F) has a unique line of action.
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26 of 28 people found the following review helpful
how about a sol'n manual
30 Oct 2000
Format:Hardcover
this book is colorful and all, but it will be helpful if there is a sol'n manual 'cuz the sample problems are very easy and the hw are outrageously hard
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Need a solutions manual
10 Sep 2004
Format:Hardcover
I had a hard time following the concepts presented in this book. I agree with the previous reviewer that the example problems were particularly easy, followed by only medium-hard to hard problems in the excercise section. If the text had a solutions manual (not hard to to since there are 100's of problems in each section) it would be easier to see where I'm making my mistakes.
Other than that, the pictures did help with my understanding of the material.
Other than that, the pictures did help with my understanding of the material.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Good text for college level Statics
1 May 2005
Format:Hardcover
I used this book for my college Statics class, and it has been one of my favorite texts so far. The derivations of all the equations are very clear. Many real world examples/applications are also included, which helps spice up an otherwise dry subject matter. Also, the example problems correspond well to the homework problems, allowing you to work backwards if you are stuck. I've seen lots of complaints about the lack of a solutions manual, but personally, I felt it was uneccesary.
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