书目

Mechanics

内容简介

Firstpublishedover40yearsago，thisworkhasachievedthestatusofaclassicamongintroductorytextsonmechanics.DenHartogisknownforhislively，discursiveandoftenwittypresentationsofallthefundamentalmaterialofbothstaticsanddynamics(andconsiderablemoreadvancedmaterial)innew，originalwaysthatprovidestudentswithinsightsintomechanicalrelationshipsthatotherbooksdonotalwayssucceedinconveying.Ontheotherhand，theworkissorepletewithengineeringapplicationsandactualdesignproblemsthatitisasvaluableasareferencetothepracticingengineerasitisasatextorrefresherforthegeneralengineeringstudent.
Mechanicsisnota"heavy"book，despitetheamountofmaterialitcoversandtheclarityandexactnesswithwhichittreatsthismaterial.Itisundoubtedlyoneofthemostreadabletextsinthefield.Morethan550drawingsanddiagramsintheregulartextandinthehighlypraised112-pagesectionofproblemsandanswersfurthercontributetoitslucidityandvalue.Theemphasisisconsistentlyonilluminatingfundamentalprinciplesandinshowinghowtheyareembodiedinahighnumberofrealengineeringanddesignproblemsconcerningtrusses，loadedcables，beams，jacks，hoists，brakes，cantilevers，springs，balances，pendulums，projectiles，cranks，linkages，propellers，turbines，flyballenginegovernors，hydrauliccouplings，anti-rolldevices，gyroscopes，andhundredsofothermechanicalsystemsanddevices.
ChapterscoverDiscreteCoplanarForces，ConditionsofEquilibrium，DistributedForces，TrussesandCables，Beams，Friction，SpaceForces，TheMethodofWork，KinematicsofaPoint，DynamicsofaParticle，KinematicsofPlaneMotion，MomentsofInertia，DynamicsofPlaneMotion，WorkandEnergy，ImpulseandMomentum，RelativeMotion，andGyroscopes.Particularlyinthelasttwochapters，DenHartogprovidesadvancedmaterialnotusualinintroductorytexts."Verythoroughlyrecommendedtoallthoseanxioustoimprovetheirrealunderstandingoftheprinciplesofmechanics."—MechanicalWorld.
Index.Listofequations.334problems，allwithanswers.Over550diagramsanddrawings.

作者简介

J.P.DenHartog:TheReprintEngineerJ.P.DenHartog(1901–1989),whotaughtformostofhiscareeratMIT,wasoneofthefoundersoftheDoverreprintprograminengineering.AstheauthorofseveralbooksthatDoverreprintedandstillhasinprint,andasanadvisorfromthe1950suntiljustafewyearsbeforehisdeathin1989,ProfessorDenHartoggaveinvaluableadviceconcerningbooksoflastinginterestandimportanceinhisfield.Notmanybooksinengineeringhaveaproductiveshelflifespanningseveraldecades.AmongtheexceptionsarethesefourbooksofProfessorDenHartog,whichDoverreprintedandoccasionallyrevisedinlaterprintingsfrom1961through1987:Mechanics,1961,StrengthofMaterials,1961,MechanicalVibrations,1985,andAdvancedStrengthofMaterials,1987.Stillwidelyreadandcitedbyauthorsintheseareas,DenHartog'sbooksareatributetohisgiftforexpositionandclarity.TheJ.P.DenHartogAward,establishedin1987,ispresentedinrecognitionoflifetimecontributionstotheteachingandpracticeofvibrationengineering.,,

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Dover Books on Physics

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