Problem Solving In Statics And Dynamics: A Proposal For A Structured Approach
Michael E. Plesha, Gary G. Gray, Francesco Costanzo
Abstract
It has been the authors' experience that, even with the most careful presentation, students perceive the solutions to problems in statics, and especially dynamics, to be a "hodgepodge" of techniques and tricks. This is also born out by feedback the author's have received from colleagues and from the approximately 50 expert reviewers of the statics and dynamics books that the authors are currently writing. Interestingly, this state of affairs has changed little in the more than 40 years since the publication of the first editions of Meriam 1952, Shames in 1959, and Beer and Johnston in 1962 changed the way engineering mechanics was taught.
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