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ENGINEERING | 79
Mechanics of Materials
5th Edition in SI Units
Ferdinand P. Beer, E. Russell Johnston, Jr., John T. DeWolf and David Mazurek
ISBN 9780071284226 • MHID 0071284222 • 2009 • Softcover • 808pp
• Supplement ISBN 9780071287937
This text is designed for the first course in mechanics of materials – or
strength of materials – offered to engineering students in the sophomore or
junior year. The main objective is to help develop in the engineering student
the ability to analyse a given problem in a simple and logical manner and
to apply to its solution a few fundamental and well-understood principles.
In this text, the study of the mechanics of materials is based on the
understanding of a few basic concepts and on the use of simplified models.
This approach makes it possible to develop all the necessary formulas in a
rational and logical manner and to clearly indicate the conditions under
which they can be safely applied to the analysis and design of actual
engineering structures and machine components.
Hands On Mechanics helps the professor build in-class experiments that
demonstrate complicated topics from the text. Professors have submitted
experiments and their instructions and are posted on the Hands On
Mechanics website www.handsonmechanics.com
A New Chapter on Fluid Kinematics: The all-new Chapter 11 covers
topics related to fluid kinematics, such as the Lagrangian and Eulerian
descriptions of fluid flows, flow patterns, and flow visualization.
Updated Steam and Refrigerant-134a Tables: The steam and refrigerant-
134a tables are updated using the most current property data from the
Engineering Equation Solver (EES) program. Students will now get the
same result when solving problems whether they use properties from
EES or property tables in the Appendices.
This book comes with a DVD-ROM of supplementary material.