Engineering Mechanics Statics Author:J. L. Meriam Known for its accuracy, clarity, and applications, Meriam & Kraige's "Engineering Mechanics: Statics" has provided a solid foundation of mechanics principles for more than 50 years. Now in its new Sixth Edition, the book continues to help readers develop their problem solving skills with an extensive variety of highly interesting problems relate... more »d to engineering design. In the new edition, more than 50 per cent of the homework problems are new. There are also many new sample problems. To help readers build necessary visualization and problem solving skills, the book strongly emphasizes drawing free body diagrams the most important skill needed to solve mechanics problems.« less