Mechanics 101

Mechanics 101

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ WAGmob: Over One million paying customer ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ <br /> <br />WAGmob brings you Simple 'n Easy, on-the-go learning book for "Mechanics". <br /> <br />The book provides: <br /> <br />Snack sized chapters for easy learning. <br /> <br />This book provides a quick summary of essential concepts in Mechanics by following snack sized chapters: <br /> <br /> <br />Introduction: <br /> <br />• Introduction to Mechanics <br />• Mechanics of Rigid Bodies <br />• Mechanics of Deformable Bodies (Strength of Materials) <br />• Hooke’s Law of Elasticity <br />• Young’s Modulus <br />• Calculation of Young Modulus <br />• Mechanics of Fluids <br />• Mechanics in Engineering <br />• Importance of Mechanics <br /> <br /> <br />Fundamental Definitions: <br /> <br />• Fundamental Quantities used in the field of Mechanics <br />• Newton’s Mechanics <br />• Units of Measurement <br /> <br /> <br />Resolution of Forces: <br /> <br />• Resolution of Forces <br />• Method of Resolution <br />• Equilibrium <br />• Types of Equilibrium <br />• Conditions of Equilibrium <br />• Lami’s Theorem <br />• Free Body Diagram <br /> <br /> <br />Force Laws: <br /> <br />• Resultant of Concurrent Forces <br />• Method of Finding Resultant <br />• Triangle Law of Forces <br />• Parallelogram Law of Addition of Forces <br />• Polygon Law of Forces <br /> <br /> <br />Moment and Couple: <br /> <br />• Moment <br />• Graphical Representation of Moment <br />• Types of Moment <br />• Varignon’s Principle of Moment (Law of Moment) <br />• Couple <br />• Physical Significance of Couple <br />• Characteristics of a Couple <br />• Moment of a Couple <br />• Types of Couple <br />• Problem on Moment of a Force <br /> <br /> <br />Truss: <br /> <br />• Truss <br />• Plane Truss <br />• Types of Plane Truss <br />• Space Truss <br />• Determination of Forces in Simple Truss Member <br />• Methods of Solving Truss <br />• Method of Joints <br />• Problem based on Method of Joints <br />• Method of Section <br />• Problem based on Method of Section <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Friction I: <br /> <br />• Friction <br />• Laws of Friction <br />• Laws of Static Friction <br />• Laws of Kinetic or Dynamic Friction <br />• Important Terms <br />• Equilibrium of a Body lying on a Rough Horizontal Plane <br /> <br /> <br />Friction II: <br /> <br />• Equilibrium of Body lying on a Rough Inclined Plane <br />• Ladder Friction <br />• Applications of Friction <br /> <br /> <br />Center of Gravity and Centroid: <br /> <br />• Center of Mass <br />• Center of Gravity <br />• Determining the Center of Gravity <br />• Centroid <br />• Procedure to Locate Centroid <br />• Numerical Problem Based on Centroid <br /> <br /> <br />Moment of Inertia: <br /> <br />• Moment of Inertia <br />• Moment of Inertia of Some Standard Laminas about Centroidal Axis <br />• Perpendicular Axis Theorem <br />• Parallel Axis Theorem <br /> <br /> <br />Beams: <br /> <br />• Beams <br />• Types of Beam <br />• Simply Supported Beam <br />• Cantilever Beam <br />• Overhanging Beam <br />• Fixed Beam <br />• Continuous Beam <br />• Types of Supports for Beams <br />• Types of Loads <br /> <br /> <br />Shear Force and Bending Moment: <br /> <br />• Shear Force <br />• Sign Convention for Shear Force <br />• Bending Moment <br />• Sign Convention for Bending Moment <br />• Point of Contra-flexure <br /> <br /> <br />About WAGmob books: <br />1) A companion book for on-the-go, bite-sized learning. <br />2) Offers value for money (a lifetime of free updates). <br />3) Over One million paying customers from 175+ countries. <br /> <br />WAGmob Vision : Simple 'n easy books for a lifetime of on-the-go learning. <br /> <br />Visit us : www.wagmob.com <br /> <br />Please write to us at [email protected]. We would love to improve this book.