Consider the block shown above supported by feet at A and B that is at rest on a rough floor. A horizontal force P is applied to the right on the block. As the magnitude of P is increased slowly, two ...

To gain more confidence with FEA, it’s a good idea to first solve simple problems with pencil and paper. Many less-experienced users of finite-element-analysis (FEA) software often have no clue if the ...

I learned to respect friction, as a phenomenon with many nuances, when I was a graduate student. One day, while teaching a problem session in elementary mechanics, I unwisely invented a new problem to ...