Thisbookisdesignedasasoftware-basedlabbooktocomplementastandardtextbookinamechanicsofmaterialcourse,whichisusuallytaughtattheundergraduatelevel.ThisbookcanalsobeusedasanauxiliaryworkbookinaCAEorFiniteElementAnalysiscourseforundergraduatestudents.Eachbookcomeswithadisccontainingvideodemonstrations,aquickintroductiontoSolidWorks,andallthepartfilesusedinthebook. ThistextbookhasbeencarefullydevelopedwiththeunderstandingthatCAEsoftwarehasdevelopedtoapointthatitcanbeusedasatooltoaidstudentsinlearningengineeringideas,conceptsandevenformulas.Theseconceptsaredemonstratedineachsectionofthisbook.Usingthegraphics-basedtoolsofSolidWorksSimulationcanhelpreducethedependencyonmathematicstoteachtheseconceptssubstantially.Thecontentsofthisbookhavebeenwrittentomatchthecontentsofmostmechanicsofmaterialstextbooks. Thereare14chaptersinthisbook.Eachchapterisdesignedasoneweek’sworkload,consistingof2to3sections.Eachsectionisdesignedforastudenttofollowtheexactstepsinthatsectionandlearnaconceptortopicofmechanicsofmaterials.Typically,eachsectiontakes15-40minutestocompletetheexercises. Eachcopyofthisbookcomeswithadisccontainingvideosthatdemonstratethestepsusedineachsectionofthebook,a121pageintroductiontoPartandAssemblyModelingwithSolidWorksinPDFformat,andallthefilesreadersmayneediftheyhaveanytrouble.TheconciseintroductiontoSolidWorkspdfisdesignedforthosestudentswhohavenoexperiencewithSolidWorksandwanttofeelmorecomfortableworkingontheexercisesinthisbook.Allofthesamecontentisavailablefordownloadonthebook’scompanionwebsite.


本書特色
1.Asoftware-basedlabbooktocomplementastandardtextbookofmechanicsofmaterials.
2.Chaptersmappedtostandardtextbooks.
3.Facilitateslearningoftheories,concepts,andformulas.
4.Easytounderstand;step-by-stepinstructions.
5.Comeswithan121-pagePDFe-book,aconciseintroductionof3DmodelingusingSolidWorks2014.
6.ProvidesacompanionDVDandacompanionwebpagecontainingresourcesincludingvideosofeachexerciseinthebook.