Statics: Analysis and Design of Systems in Equilibrium

By Sheri D. Sheppard and Benson H. Tongue

Statics: Analysis and Design of Systems in Equilibrium, by Sheri D. Sheppard of Stanford University, and Benson H. Tongue, University of California, Berkeley, offers a student-focused approach to Statics. With a strong emphasis on drawing free body diagrams, use of a structured problem-solving methodology, inclusion of real-world case studies, and robust pedagogy coupled with a truly engaging writing style, reviewers alike have praised this new Statics text. Additionally, this first edition has benefited from a comprehensive and thorough accuracy check by 15 experienced professors, and has been reviewed by more than 200 Statics and Dynamics professors.

The text seeks to improve students' abilities to map their understanding to more realistic engineering situations, enabling them to more effectively break down complex problems into manageable parts, and thus, become more effective engineering students and ultimately, professional engineers.

The authors do not compromise on rigor. Instead this series demonstrates the required rigor in the larger context of engineering work, decision making, problem solving, and understanding and impacting the man-made world.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471947210
• ISBN13: 9780471947219
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 656 Pages
• Weight: 2.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.4" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

Good book.

In general, the book is well written and the information is provided in a logical and clear manner. It is very difficult to write a book on this subject and to keep it informative, interesting and most important simple. There are numerous examples in this book, maybe too many. In general, a good book. Note: The price is high!

Not bad!

As a second-year aerospace engineering student, I'd have to say I'm generally pleased with this book. The professors hand-picked it after being disappointed with the text they had been using in previous years, and I think they did well. There is only one major issue I, and my classmates, find with this text... There are examples, and lots of them... almost too many. We would get assigned a couple chapters to read in this book and would end up wading through about 200 pages, 75% of which were examples that spanned many pages due to the larger text. Most of the examples don't even compare to what the end-of-section questions might ask... Otherwise, I find that my friends in other engineering disciplines (mechanical, civil, etc.) are jealous that we aerospace guys get to use this book!