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Engineering Mechanics: Statics, 6th edition

Published by Pearson (January 24, 2023) © 2024

  • Anthony Bedford
  • Wallace Fowler University of Texas, Austin

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For courses in introductory engineering mechanics.

Help students learn mechanics more efficiently and effectively

Engineering Mechanics covers the basic principles of mechanics in an example-driven, visual format that better enables students to learn challenging material. This innovative book emphasizes critical thinking by presenting readers with effective, efficient examples and explanations followed by practice problems. Compelling free-body diagrams, photorealistic art, and a robust photograph program are integrated within the examples to bring key topics to life.

The 6th Edition features 30% new or updated problems and new examples, topics and thought-provoking questions to consider.

Hallmark features of this title

  • Examples follow a three-part framework. Strategy/Solution/Critical Thinking demonstrates how to approach a problem, work the solution, and arrive at the result.
  • Practice problems within Practice Examples let students apply their understanding of the problem-solving procedure. Answers are on the page and complete solutions are in an appendix.
  • Results sections present a complete description of the results required to understand the examples and work the problems in each section.
  • The photo-realistic art program is specially rendered to provide a strong connection to the field. Figures, equations and art are integrated within the examples and problems to support understanding.
  • Accuracy checking of every page of the book and solutions manual helps guarantee the accuracy of the material.

New and updated features of this title

  • UPDATED: Discussions of many topics includes significant digits, units used to describe angles, force resultants, centroids of symmetric areas, and friction in threads.
  • NEW: Examples illustrate effective problem-solving procedures.
  • NEW: 30% of the problems are new or updated to give students more opportunities to apply their engineering problem-solving skills.
  • NEW: Questions to Consider begin each section, encouraging students to engage in active reading and relate concepts to their own experiences.
  • UPDATED/NEW: Visual learning is emphasized with new photos, more prominent headings and extensively revised use of color.

Features of Mastering Engineering for the 6th Edition

  • NEW: All end-of-chapter problems in the text are now included in Mastering Engineering, offering students more opportunities to apply what they have learned.
  • Tutorial homework problems emulate the instructor's office-hour environment, guiding students through concepts in multi-step problems. Wrong-answer specific feedback is given, along with optional hints to break a problem down further.
  • Video Solutions offer step-by-step solution walkthroughs of representative homework problems from the text.
  1. Introduction
  2. Vectors
  3. Forces
  4. Systems of Forces and Moments
  5. Objects in Equilibrium
  6. Structures in Equilibrium
  7. Centroids and Centers of Mass
  8. Moments of Inertia
  9. Friction
  10. Internal Forces and Moments
  11. Virtual Work and Potential Energy

Appendices

  1. Results from Mathematics
  2. Properties of Areas and Lines
  3. Properties of Volumes and Homogeneous Objects
  4. Spherical Coordinates
  5. D'Alembert's Principle

About our authors

Anthony Bedford is Professor Emeritus of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at the University of Texas at Austin. He has been on the faculty since 1968. His main professional activity has been education and research in engineering mechanics. He has industrial and consulting experience at Douglas Missiles and Space Systems Division, Sandia National Laboratories, and at TRW, where he worked on the Apollo program. His books include Hamilton's Principle in Continuum Mechanics, Mechanics of Materials (with Kenneth M. Liechti) and Introduction to Elastic Wave Propagation (with Douglas S. Drumheller).

Wallace Fowler is the Paul D. & Betty Robertson Meek Centennial Professor Emeritus of Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin and is Director Emeritus of the Space Grant Consortium. He is a fellow of both the American Institute
of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). Dr. Fowler was the recipient of the 1976 General Dynamics Teaching Excellence Award, the 1985 AIAA-ASEE John Leland Atwood Award, the 1990–1991 University of Texas System Chancellor's Council Teaching Award, and the 1994 ASEE Fred Merryfield Design Teaching Award. In 1997, he was elected to membership in the University of Texas Academy of Distinguished Teachers. Dr. Fowler also served as 2000–2001 national president of the American Society for Engineering Education. Dr. Fowler's research and teaching interests at UT Austin focused on space systems engineering and design.

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