Free download Basic Mechanics with Engineering Applications by J. S. Burdess and J. N. Fawcett. Published by Routledge. English | 424 Pages | PDF | ISBN: 0415503175
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This book gives a sufficient grounding in mechanics for engineers to tackle a significant range of problems encountered in the design and specification of simple structures and machines.
It also provides an excellent background for students wishing to progress to more advanced studies in three-dimensional mechanics.Modern societies depend upon machines to provide standards of living far beyond the level that man alone can provide.
The human body is very limited in its ability to generate large, or very small forces and cannot work at high speeds or with high accuracy for long periods.
To overcome these limitations man has striven to develop machines which augment his own strength and reduce the drudgery of repetitive tasks. We all now depend upon machines to provide us with our food, clothing, energy, transport and defence.
Most households, in addition to possessing some form of transport, have machines to reduce the effort involved in washing, cleaning and preparing food.
Agriculture and medicine depend upon machines to increase their efficiency.
Less familiar are the machines used on an industrial scale for knitting and weaving, for food processing and packaging and for the manufacture of metal goods of all sorts.
All engineers will at some time have a professional interest in machines, perhaps as a designer, but more often as a user of machines.
A sound understanding of the physical principles which govern the behavior of machines is therefore an essential part of an engineer’s education.