Mechanics of Materials 4e

Available January 2005 For the past forty years Beer and Johnston have been the uncontested leaders in the teaching of undergraduate engineering mechanics. Their careful presentation of content, unmatched levels of accuracy, and attention to detail have made their texts the standard for excellence. The revision of their classic Mechanics of Materials features an updated art and photo program as well as numerous new and revised homework problems. The text's superior Online Learning Center (www.mhhe.com/beermom4e) includes an extensive Self-paced, Mechanics, Algorithmic, Review and Tutorial (S.M.A.R.T.), created by George Staab and Brooks Breeden of The Ohio State University, that provides students with additional help on key concepts. The custom website also features animations for each chapter, lecture powerpoints, and other online resources for both instructors and students.The text offers over 1600 homework problems, known for their accuracy and careful development, with 50% new or revised for the 4th edition. The text photo program has been expanded to include updated in-chapter photographs. The pedagogical changes that made the 3rd Edition so successful are retained in the 4th edition, including: a review of statics and the use of free-body diagrams, a section introducing a problem-solving methodology, and a Fundamentals of Engineering (FE/EIT) Exam appendix.All users have access to a Self-paced, Mechanics, Algorithmic, Review and Tutorial (S.M.A.R.T.), moved online for the 4th edition, featuring theoretical explanations coupled with examples and quizzes based directly on key concepts from the text. The Online Learning Center (www.mhhe.com/beermom4e) now offers even more student and instructor resources including animations for each chapter, lecture powerpoints, course organization tools, image files and helpful weblinks. Having a large base of homework problems (and likewise a large percentage of revised problems with a new edition) is important for a course where students collect solutions quickly. Instructors need problem sets that are motivating, challenging, and inspire confidence in the student--and they need lot's of them! Helps break up text material and allows students to visualize the concepts that are being introduced. Pedagogical features help break material up into manageable sections and organize content so that important points are emphasized and material repeated enough times to ensure comprehension. With over 3000 screens, this tutorial provides the most content intensive, sophisticated supplemental learning tool available for this course. Now with online delivery, this resource is even more accessible to students and professors. Provides plentiful resources that are easily accessed and directly relevant to text material. Teaching resource homework tables show homework problems by concept suggesting a sequence of homework problems such that instructors can go for six semesters and not assign the same problems. See numerous problem sections throughout each chapter. Every numerical problem has been changed. Known for the highest level of accuracy, Beer/Johnston/DeWolf problem sets also offer Review Problem sections and Computer Problem sections at the end of each chapter. See the new chapter opener photos. See the review of statics pgs. 2-4; see pg. 315 as an example of how free body diagrams aid in the development of a solution; pg. 560-61 show examples of how FBDs form equations to assist in solutions Do you rely on chapter problems for your homework assignments and quizzes? Do your students have trouble visualizing concepts? Do you find it necessary to review statics at the beginning of your course? Do you have time to cover all the important concepts in lecture?How do your students prepare for tests and quizzes? How do you design your lectures for this course? What tools do you find most useful in preparing lectures?