Hibbeler, Engineering Series
R.C. Hibbeler
Empower students to develop their conceptual understanding and problem-solving skills
Professor Hibbeler is known throughout the engineering world for his concise writing style and clear and thorough presentation of both the theory and application of fundamental engineering topics.
Drawing upon his decades of classroom experience and his knowledge of how students learn, he provides highly visual, methodical applications to help students conceptualize and master difficult concepts. A variety of problem types stress realistic situations encountered in the field, with several levels of difficulty to give students the practice they need to excel in their courses and careers.
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NEW! Lecture Videos
Author mini lectures summarize key concepts using additional figures, animations, and photos. Accompanying questions with real-time feedback ensure students understand the material before moving on.
NEW! Fundamental Problem Videos
Help students enhance their understanding of select Fundamental Problem sets. First, the student is given a chance to solve the problem, then hints are provided, followed by a complete worked-out solution.
NEW! Test your Understanding Videos
Ideal for review, these videos present an example problem from the text and pose questions that ask students to apply their learning to solve it. Explanations at the end of the video let students test their problem-solving logic.
Procedures for Analysis
This feature provides a logical, orderly method for analyzing general and specific engineering problems. A wide variety of problem types gives students opportunities to practice honing their own problem-solving procedures.
Real-World Visualization
Illustrate key concepts and explain how principles apply to real-world situations with vibrant photo-realistic imagery, 3D renderings, and photographs taken by the author.
Real-World Problems
Give students practice solving problems that engineers encounter daily. Fundamental Problems, free-body diagrams, general analysis, and design problems mimic real-world scenarios and include actual industry products.
Important Points
User-friendly summaries distill the most important concepts presented in a section and highlight how they should be realized when applying the theory to solve problems.
End-of-Chapter Review
Thorough end-of-chapter reviews provide your students with a concise self-study tool. Each Important Point from the chapter is accompanied by the relevant equation and art.
Mastering Engineering Features
The Hibbeler series works hand-in-hand with Mastering® Engineering to reinforce key concepts and build problem-solving skills. The flexible digital platform allows you to integrate unique, automatically graded homework and practice problems with exercises from the textbook. Learn more about Mastering Engineering.
Tutorial Homework Problems
Designed to emulate the instructor’s office-hour experience, these multi-step problems provide feedback specific to the student’s errors. Optional hints help break down the problems into smaller steps.
Adaptive Follow-Ups
Adaptive Follow-Ups are targeted problem sets following a homework assignment to address gaps in the student‘s understanding of the initial assignment. Available for select titles, Adaptive Follow-Ups are assignable for credit or practice.
Gradebook and Diagnostic Charts
Easily track the performance of your entire class on an assignment-by-assignment basis, or the work of an individual student. Charts summarize key performance measures such as: item difficulty, time on task, and grade distribution.
Meet the author
R. C. Hibbeler
R.C. Hibbeler graduated from the University of Illinois-Urbana with a B.S. in Civil Engineering (major in Structures) and an M.S. in Nuclear Engineering. He obtained his PhD in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from Northwestern University. Professor Hibbeler’s professional experience includes postdoctoral work in reactor safety and analysis at Argonne National Laboratory, and structural and stress analysis work at Chicago Bridge and Iron, as well as at Sargent and Lundy in Chicago. He has practiced engineering in Ohio, New York, and Louisiana.
