This textbook introduces and explains the basic concepts on which statics is based utilizing real engineering examples. The authors emphasize the learning process by showing a real problem, analyzing it, simplifying it, and developing a way to solve it. This feature teaches students intuitive thinking in solving real engineering problems using the fundamentals of Newton s laws.

This book also:

. Stresses representation of physical reality in ways that allow students to solve problems and obtain meaningful results

. Emphasizes identification of important features of the...