Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Statics

by Ferdinand P. Beer, E. Russell Johnston Jr., David F. Mazurek

A primary objective in a first course in mechanics is to help develop a student's ability first to analyze problems in a simple and logical manner, and then to apply basic principles to their solutions. A strong conceptual understanding of these basic mechanics principles is essential for successfully solving mechanics problems. This edition of Vector Mechanics for Engineers will help instructors achieve these goals. Continuing in the spirit of its successful previous editions, this edition provides conceptually accurate and thorough coverage together with a significant refreshment of the exercise sets and online delivery of homework problems to your students. This edition has undergone a complete rewrite to modernize and streamline the language through the text. Over 650 of the homework problems in the text are new or revised. One of the characteristics of the approach used in this book is that mechanics of particles is clearly separated from the mechanics of rigid bodies. This approach makes it possible to consider simple practical applications at an early stage and to postpone the introduction of the more difficult concepts.

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Genres: Engineering, Textbooks, Academic, Science, Architecture, Reference, Technical

656 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1977

About the author

Ferdinand Pierre Beer (1915–2003) was a French mechanical engineer and university professor. He spent most of his career as a member of the faculty at Lehigh University, where he served as the chairman of the mechanics and mechanical engineering departments. His most significant contribution was the co-authorship of several textbooks in the field of mechanics, which have been widely cited and utilized in engineering education.

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Reviews

[Jacob · Rating 1 out of 5]

this book ruined my life.

[Shruthika]

not a bad book but doesn't come close to my guy jeff hanson

[Foxtower · Rating 4 out of 5]

This might possibly be someones textbook, and perhaps if I had to study it I wouldn't rate it so highly, yet as a tool on the farm where I'm constantly fixing or building equipment, having a handy reference for all things to do with forces and stress is very handy. I likwe that this book has so many cool pictures of the forces at work.. I can often just bypass doing the math and go by dead reackoning as long as I have a good idea of the vectors involved!

[Jose D.]

While the statics book isn't that hard to understand because the topic is easy by itself, the book makes some things kinda hard with bad mathematical and written explanations, there are too many things that this book just pass away making the students think by themselves too much. By the way this isnt a big issue since some topics are understandable with the examples and there are some good explained things, but there's nothing of the other world here, others authors books are easier.

[Mike Gardog · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read the fourth edition, which combined statics and dynamics all neatly packed into 926 pages! Statics was phenomenal and I soaked up an amazing amount that quarter. Dynamics, not so much. Maybe because the topics is more challenging than Statics. Good job Beer & Johnston (E. Russell Johnston, Jr. - co-author).

[Arash Roohanian · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of the most known sources of statics, and it has to be; P. Beer & E. Russell knew how to present and train a student in statics perfectly... good points and fairly hard questions in this book made me give it 4 stars. One less cause it causes you check answers to solve questions, IDK why! But that was a truth in our university😂
At last, appreciate it🙏

[Dipson Rimal · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is a good book but I recommend you to go through every page of the book from start to end. Most topics are inter related.

[Jack Hickey · Rating 5 out of 5]

All my homies love some good statics

[Amin · Rating 5 out of 5]

در زمینه استاتیک واقعا کتاب خوبیه و به نظرم تو کتابهای هم رده بسیار بسیار بهتر نوشته شده .

[Flash · Rating 1 out of 5]

Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Statics by beer and johnston
is simply put the worst book i have ever read

advanced calculus is really much much easier than this book
and not because the materiel is hard,
but because the writers have the amazing ability to turn a simple straightforward idea into an incoherent mess.
at some points i would just skip the explanations, because they just make it harder to understand the basic ideas.

the authors also seem to ignore common mathematical notations
and instead of keeping in line with common practices form linear algebra and calculus ,invent their own, making the formulas a mathematical mess

and the problem set couldn't be more annoying
the first half of the book you are nothing more than a human vector calculator.
most of the parameters are given with 3 decimal points, why????
i can understand the ideas just fine ,even if the problems are given in integers ,why make the problems unnecessarily complex.

this book is just horrible!

[Mohammad · Rating 2 out of 5]

یاد دوران استاتیک بخیر،‌لعنتی دوست داشتنی

[Silvia Gutierrez · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great for the Statics! if you have the problems solved :)

[Juamarcos Hernandez]

GREAT BOOK

[Amin · Rating 5 out of 5]

در زمینه استاتیک واقعا کتاب خوبیه و به نظرم تو کتابهای هم رده بسیار بسیار بهتر نوشته شده .

[Christian George]

its great