Basic Engineering Mechanics Explained, Volume 1: Principles and Static Forces

by Gregory Pastoll, Gregory Pastoll (Illustrator)

Overview

This series of 3 volumes explains all the basic principles of the science of mechanics as relevant to engineers and technicians. Easy to read, fully illustrated, providing many examples of practical applications.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780648466505
Publisher:	Gregory Pastoll
Publication date:	02/19/2019
Series:	Basic Engineering Mechanics Explained , #1
Pages:	226
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

Gregory Pastoll has a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of the Witwatersrand and a PhD in Higher Education from the University of Cape Town. After a short stint in industry, he spent altogether 14 years as a lecturer in basic mechanical engineering, and for much of that time was course co-ordinator for Mechanics 1 and Mechanics 2 at the Cape Technikon, and at the Peninsula University of Technology. He ran mechanics labs and design-and-build projects as part of his courses in mechanics. He also spent 14 years as a consultant on university teaching methods at the Teaching Methods Unit at the University of Cape Town.

Gregory Pastoll has a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of the Witwatersrand and a PhD in Higher Education from the University of Cape Town. After a short stint in industry, he spent altogether 14 years as a lecturer in basic mechanical engineering, and for much of that time was course co-ordinator for Mechanics 1 and Mechanics 2 at the Cape Technikon, and at the Peninsula University of Technology. He ran mechanics labs and design-and-build projects as part of his courses in mechanics. He also spent 14 years as a consultant on university teaching methods at the Teaching Methods Unit at the University of Cape Town.

Table of Contents

Contents for Volume 1: Principles and Static Forces

What mechanics is about and why we study it

Concepts, quantities, principles and laws

Working with numbers in engineering

Forces, components, and resultants

Moments, equilibrium and free-body diagrams

Centres of gravity and centroids

Forces in structures: trusses and frames

Friction between dry solid surfaces

Buoyancy