Fundamental Engineering Mechanics

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This unique book provides a basic practical introduction to engineering mechanics and is written specifically for those students who need a thorough grounding in the subject to participate fully in their engineering course. The book satisfies the needs of many foundation year engineering courses as well as many other engineering courses. Prefaceix(3)Acknowledgementsxii(1)NotationxiiiChapter 1 Units1(20)1.1 SI units1(3)1.2 Coordinate systems4(2)1.3 Scalars and vectors6(1)1.4 Vector algebra7(10)1.5 Fundamental units17(1)Summary18(1)Problems19(2)Chapter 2 Velocity and acceleration21(25)2.1 Linear motion21(8)2.2 Angular motion29(4)2.3 Relationships between angular and linear motion33(5)2.4 Rela…