Essential Mechanics - Statics and Strength of Materials with MATLAB and Octave

Book Title: Essential Mechanics - Statics and Strength of Materials with MATLAB and Octave Author: P. Venkataraman Original Publisher: RIT Scholar Works Original ISBN: 9780988881129 About the Book: Essential Mechanics - Statics and Strength of Materials with MATLAB and Octave combines two core engineering science courses—Statics and Strength of Materials—in mechanical, civil, and aerospace engineering. It weaves together various essential topics to allow discussing structural design from the very beginning. The traditional content of these courses is reordered to make it convenient to cover rigid body equilibrium and extend it to deformable body mechanics. The book covers the most useful topics from both courses with computational support through MATLAB/Octave. The traditional approach for engineering content is emphasized and is rigorously supported through graphics and analysis. Prior knowledge of MATLAB is not necessary, as instructions for its use in context are provided and explained. It takes advantage of the numerical, symbolic, and graphical capability of MATLAB for effective problem solving, providing a natural procedure for What if? exploration that is important for design. About the Author: P. Venkataraman graduated from I.I.T. Kanpur in 1974 with a B.Tech in Aeronautical Engineering. He worked in Helicopter Design at Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd., Bangalore between 1974 and 1979. He graduated from Rice University with a PhD from the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Material Science in 1984. He was a faculty in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology from 1983 to 2019. License & Attribution: This book is hosted by Pinehill Publications and is adapted from the original work by P. Venkataraman, originally published by RIT Scholar Works. The original work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). What this means: You are free to share, copy, and redistribute the material in any medium or format, and adapt or remix it for any purpose, even commercially, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author. Changes made: The only modification made to this edition is the design of a new front cover. The original text and content remain unchanged. Original Source: This work was originally published by RIT Scholar Works and is available for free at https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/essential-mechanics-statics-and-strength-of-materials-with-matlab-and-octave. Our Disclaimer: This edition is hosted by Pinehill Publications for free educational access. We acknowledge the original author, P. Venkataraman, for providing the foundational work. This edition is not affiliated with or endorsed by the original author or RIT Scholar Works.