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Title: Engineering Mechanics: Statics (9th Edition) by Russell C. Hibbeler, Russell C Hibbeler ISBN: 0-13-020005-0 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 03 January, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $115.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.25 (12 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Reasonable Introductory Offering on Statics
Comment: Hibbeler's book was the prescribed text for the Statics class at Washington State University in the Spring of 2003. The book like all introductory books employs a simple approach to statics. There is some handwaving (especially when doing the Calc based Math) which actaully aids understanding. The problems illustrations (diagrams) are isometric pictorial and helps in the visualization. The chaper which I found lacking was the one on Dry Friction -- too little explanation and the solved examples were unrepresentative. The problems lacked the intuitive feel that one requires when solving the "impending motion" type friction problems.
All in all not such a bad book to start off Statics with. I plan to use the better Beer and Johnston treatment on Statics to further my understanding.
Rating: 1
Summary: 9th edition 2nd printing has many errors
Comment: If you are buying this for an Engineering Statics class, I would suggest trying to locate the 9th edition, 1st printing. Although the text portion is identical, the problem sections in the 2nd printing often refer to illustrations that are nonexistant or incorrect. In addition, the many answers have no correlation to the referenced problem at all. Our instructor assigns many problems as homework, and this has caused major headaches for a majority of the class. I have compared the two printings, and the 1st printing does not contain these errors. Otherwise, the book does a very good job in explaining the various concepts. NOTE: The people at Prentice Hall are unsure if new replacements will be available until after this semester (Spring 2003). DO NOT BUY THE 2ND PRINTING IF YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO WORK THE PROBLEMS.
Rating: 3
Summary: Decent Introductory Statics Text
Comment: This book is good for the begining Engineering student. It contains good diagrams with clear and concise text. It should be easy to follow for anyone with a basic background in physics. My only complaint is that while it has a great selection of questions (with answers to odd problems in back), it lacked good example problems. I am the type of person who learns primarily from studying examples of solved problems and was disappointed with this deficiency. Still, with the compainon volume on Dynamics it can certainly be used as an effective primary text for first year engineering students.
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Title: Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics (9th Edition) by Russell C. Hibbeler, Russell C Hibbeler ISBN: 0130200042 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 20 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $115.33 |
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Title: Mechanics of Materials (5th Edition) by Russell C. Hibbeler ISBN: 0130081817 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 04 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $118.00 |
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Title: Engineering Mechanics: Statics And Dynamics (9th Edition) by Russell C. Hibbeler, Russell C Hibbeler, R.C. Hibbeler ISBN: 0130200069 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 15 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $150.00 |
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Title: Differential Equations with Boundary-Value Problems by Dennis G. Zill, Michael R. Cullen ISBN: 0534380026 Publisher: Brooks Cole Pub. Date: 05 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $126.95 |
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Title: Materials Science and Engineering : An Introduction by William D. Callister ISBN: 0471135763 Publisher: Wiley Text Books Pub. Date: 26 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $120.95 |
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