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Engineering Mechanics
Forces, equilibrium, friction and motion: the language every other civil subject is written in.
Topics by level
Basics
School, diploma and first-year level: the ideas in plain words.
Intermediate
Degree and exam core (GATE, ESE level).
Advanced and Design
Professional design practice.
Research
Frontier topics for researchers and postgraduates.
- Computational mechanics planned
- Multibody dynamics planned
Codes and standards
No single design code governs this subject; see the related subjects and the codes library.
References and further reading
Standard texts, listed in no order of merit. We do not copy text, figures, tables or solved problems from any book; our explanations and examples are original.
- F. P. Beer, E. R. Johnston, Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Statics and Dynamics, McGraw Hill, latest edition.
- R. C. Hibbeler, Engineering Mechanics: Statics, Pearson, latest edition.
- S. Timoshenko, D. H. Young, Engineering Mechanics, McGraw Hill, classic.