VECTOR MECHANICS for ENGINEERS, Statics and Dynamics (In SI Units), Eighth Edition
Ferdinand P. Beer (Deceased),
Lehigh University E. Russell Johnston, Jr.,
University of Connecticut Elliot R. Eisenberg,
The Pennsylvania State University William E. Clausen,
The Ohio State University David F. Mazurek,
U.S. Coast Guard Academy Phillip J. Cornwell,
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Adapted by : Nilanjan Mallik,
Mech. Engg.Institute of Tech,BHU,VARANASI,India
ISBN: 007065994x Copyright year: 2007
About the Authors
Ferdinand P. Beer. Born in France and educated in France and Switzerland, Ferd held an M.S. degree from the Sorbonne and an Sc.D. degree in theoretical mechanics from the University of Geneva. He came to the United States after serving in the French army during the early part of World War II and had taught for four years at Williams College in the Williams-MIT joint arts and engineering program. Following his service at Williams College, Ferd joined the faculty of Lehigh University where he taught for thirty-seven years. He held several positions, including the University Distinguished Professors Chair and Chairman of the Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics Department, and in 1995 Ferd was awarded an honorary Doctor of Engineering degree by Lehigh University.
E. Russell Johnston, Jr. Born in Philadelphia, Russ holds a B.S. degree in civil engineering from the University of Delaware and an Sc.D. degree in the field of structural engineering from The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He taught at Lehigh University and Worchester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) before joining the faculty of the University of Connecticut where he held the position of Chairman of the Civil Engineering Department and taught for twenty-six years. In 1991 Russ received the Outstanding Civil Engineer Award from the Connecticut Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Elliot R. Eisenberg. Elliot holds a B.S. degree in engineering and an M.E. degree, both from Cornell University. He has focused his scholarly activities on professional service and teaching, and he was recognized for this work in 1992 when the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) awarded him the Ben C. Sparks Medal for his contributions to mechanical engineering and mechanical engineering technology education and for service to the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). Elliot taught for thirty-two years, including twenty-nine years at Penn State where he was recognized with awards for both teaching and advising.
William E. Clausen. Bill holds a B.S. degree in engineering mechanics from Lehigh University and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in engineering mechanics from the Ohio State University. Bill is a registered professional engineer specializing in structural dynamics and vibration measurements. He taught for thirty years and served as vice chairman in the Department of Engineering Mechanics at the Ohio State University and has also taught in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
David F. Mazurek. David holds a B.S. degree in ocean engineering and an M.S. degree in civil engineering from the Florida Institute of Technology, and a Ph.D. degree in civil engineering from the University of Connecticut. He was employed by the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation and taught at Lafayette College prior to joining the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, where he has been since 1990. He has served on the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance of Way Association’s Committee 15 – Steel Structures for the past fourteen years. His professional interests include bridge engineering, tall towers, structural forensics, and blast-resistant design.
Phillip J. Cornwell Phil holds a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Texas Tech University and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical and aerospace engineering from Princeton University. He is currently a professor of mechanical engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology where he has taught for 17 years. His present interests include structural dynamic, structural health monitoring, and undergraduate engineering education. Phil spends his summers working at Los Alamos National Laboratory where he is a mentor in the Los Alamos Dynamics Summer School and he does research in the area of structural health monitoring. Phil received an SAE Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award in 1992, the Dean’s Outstanding Scholar Award at Rose-Hulman in 2000 and the Board of Trustees Outstanding Scholar Award at Rose-Hulman in 2001. Phil also serves on the executive committee of the Mechanics Division of the American Society of Engineering Education.
Nilanjan Mallik is Lecturer of Mechanical Engineering at the Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, U.P., India. He received Bachelor of Engineering degree from Bengal Engineering College (D. U.), Sibpur, Howrah, W. B., India in the year 1998, Master of Technology degree from Visveswaraiah Technological University, Belgaum, Karnataka, India in the year 2000 and Doctor of Philosophy degree from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, W. B., India in the year 2005. His special areas of interests are smart materials and structures (piezoelectric materials and shape memory alloys), micromechanics, vibration damping, finite element methods, mechanisms, control, experimental mechanics, fracture mechanics, composite materials and genetic algorithms.
2007
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