OFFERS A CONCISE AND THOROUGH PRESENTATION OF ENGINEERING MECHANICS THEORY AND APPLICATION. THE MATERIAL IS REINFORCED WITH NUMEROUS EXAMPLES TO ILLUSTRATE PRINCIPLES AND IMAGINATIVE, WELL-ILLUSTRATED PROBLEMS OF VARYING DEGREES OF DIFFICULTY. THE BOOK IS COMMITTED TO DEVELOPING USERS'''' PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS. FEATURES NEW "PHOTOREALISTC" FIGURES (APPROXIMATELY 200) THAT HAVE BEEN RENDERED IN OFTEN 3D PHOTO QUALITY DETAIL TO APPEAL TO VISUAL LEARNERS. FEATURES A LARGE VARIETY OF PROBLEM TYPES FROM A BROAD RANGE OF ENGINEERING DISCIPLINES, STRESSING PRACTICAL, REALISTIC SITUATIONS ENCOUNTERED IN PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE, VARYING LEVELS OF DIFFICULTY, AND PROBLEMS THAT INVOLVE SOLUTION BY COMPUTER. A THOROUGH PRESENTATION OF ENGINEERING MECHANICS THEORY AND APPLICATIONS INCLUDES SOME OF THESE TOPICS: KINEMATICS OF A PARTICLE; KINETICS OF A PARTICLE: FORCE AND ACCELERATION; KINETICS OF A PARTICLE: WORK AND ENERGY; KINETICS OF A PARTICLE: IMPULSE AND MOMENTUM; PLANAR KINEMATICS OF A RIGID BODY; PLANAR KINETICS OF A RIGID BODY: FORCE AND ACCELERATION; PLANAR KINETICS OF A RIGID BODY: WORK AND ENERGY; PLANAR KINETICS OF A RIGID BODY: IMPULSE AND MOMENTUM; THREE-DIMENSIONAL KINEMATICS OF A RIGID BODY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL KINETICS OF A RIGID BODY; AND VIBRATIONS. FOR PROFESSIONALS IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, CIVIL ENGINEERING, AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING, AND ENGINEERING MECHANICS CAREERS.