Foundations and Applications of Engineering Mechanics

H. D. Ram is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology, Uttar Pradesh. He has more than thirty years of teaching experience at undergraduate level, and has taught courses in engineering mechanics, strength of materials, fluid mechanics, experimental stress analysis and mechanical vibrations. He served as head examiner for the engineering mechanics course on the central evaluation committee of Uttar Pradesh Technical University, Lucknow, for fourteen years. His areas of interest are stress analysis, vibrations and dynamics and kinematics of machines. A. K. Chauhan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology, Uttar Pradesh. He obtained his PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. He has contributed to peer-review journals and has taught courses on machine design, engineering mechanics and theory of machines at the undergraduate level. His areas of interest are tribology, material science and machine design.

Preface; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; 1. Mechanics; 2. Friction; 3. Shear force and bending moment; 4. Truss; 5. Central points and moment of inertia; 6. Kinematics of particle and rigid body; 7. Kinetics of particle and rigid body; 8. Method of virtual work; 9. Mechanical vibration; 10. Simple stress and strain; 11. Bending and shear stresses in beams; 12. Torsion of circular shaft; Rules for using SI units; Bibliography; Index.