Author Description

Addison-Wesley is pleased to announce the imminent publication of Anthony Bedford and Wallace Fowler's Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics, Second Edition. The revised textbook will be published in November 1998, available in time for January '99 classes. This book has quickly earned a place in Engineering schools across the country because it teaches engineering mechanics the way a good instructor would. Hallmark FeaturesProblem SolvingUses a "Strategy-Solution-Discussion" problem-solving methodology thatexplains how to approach problems, solve them, and critically judge the resultsVisualizationStresses the importance of visual analysis, especially the use of free-bodydiagrams Develops figures gradually and employs "ghosting" techniques to clarify andemphasize concepts-- emulating the way an instructor teachesApplicationsPlaces engineering mechanics within the context of engineering practice byincluding applications from many fields of engineeringIntroduces design principles with the "Application to Engineering" feature using concepts developed in preceding sections of the chapterNew FeaturesVisualizationProvides more free-body diagrams to many of the worked examplesSeparates most of the diagrams showing velocities, accelerations, and forces intoa free-body diagram showing the forces and a kinematic diagram showing the accelerationsContentExtends the discussion of normal and tangential components in Chapter 2 toinclude three- dimensional motion Includes a revised discussion of reference frames throughout the text, especially in Chapters 2 and 6 Improves the discussion of impulsive forces in Chapter 5 Improves the discussion of 2D rigid-body kinematics in Chapter 6 Expands and improves the discussion of D'Alembert's principle in Chapter 7Provides a revised and improved discussion of angular impulse and momentum in Chapter 8 Expands the discussion of 3D rigid body dynamics in Chapter 9 and providesnew examples and problems Offers several new examples throughout the text