josh817 Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Well... not surprisingly, UTA engineering department decided to change to a different author for its Dynamics and Statics books. The one they had before was a great book, self taught. The one now is HORRIBLE and when your professor just writes the examples that are in the book, you're pretty much on your own. Trying to keep the complaining to a minimum because nothing can be done about it, so I'm looking for other resources. I already have my roommates old text book (the good one) to read the examples, even though my homework is in the crappy book. Looking for something along the lines of video lecture or maybe interactive stuff. Forgot to mention, this is STATICS, haven't done dynamics yet. We have a test next week and we are all screaming pulling our hair out. We get the problems, it's just the time it takes... 10 homework problems each week, takes us usually 8-10 hours... The examples in the crappy text book, do not reflect the homework AT ALL. I understand they sometimes leave a gap for you to fill and learn, but this gap is uhh.... no. Teacher says we must be able to do this problems on the fly during the test. Anyway, she admits it's a bad book for beginners but it's pretty clear to more "advance" readers. Weirdly, she much not get that we are in this class because we are all.... BEGINNERS. Unless of course you're taking it again. Putting this post out there to ask anyone if they have a good youtube user or website that gives lectures. This method really helped me in linear algebra, watching free MIT lectures and lectures off of youtube. Thanks guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tx1021 Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Now I am in no way condoning or recommending cheating, but in situations like that I really believe that getting a teacher's edition of your book can be a great help. You obviously can't just copy the book's answers because you will be cheating yourself out of a class you paid for and most likely fail all the tests as well, but I found that having a resource that has the right answers AND the correct steps on how to solve them can be a great resource especially when the teacher is failing in that aspect. I REALLY hope that this doesn't come off like I'm encouraging cheating but it can be a great resource if you use it appropriately. Hope it helps and good luck with statics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Tried Khan Academy? The guy does just about every subject you can imagine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moltar Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Autodesk has a program out there that will help you solve statics problems. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/autodesk-forceeffect/id476321600?ls=1&mt=8 Very good stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moridin Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Try Cramster.com. Saved my behind for several classes. Walk-through answers to odd problems are free, and you can get access to even ones and other help by paying. I looked on MIT OpenCourseware and couldn't find anything for Statics. Keep them in mind for your other classes though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh817 Posted February 15, 2012 Author Share Posted February 15, 2012 (edited) Now I am in no way condoning or recommending cheating, but in situations like that I really believe that getting a teacher's edition of your book can be a great help. You obviously can't just copy the book's answers because you will be cheating yourself out of a class you paid for and most likely fail all the tests as well, but I found that having a resource that has the right answers AND the correct steps on how to solve them can be a great resource especially when the teacher is failing in that aspect. I REALLY hope that this doesn't come off like I'm encouraging cheating but it can be a great resource if you use it appropriately. Hope it helps and good luck with statics Problem is they switched from Hibler to Mcgill for dynamics and statics. Don't ask me why they did it, but they did... Hibler has a solution manual, Mcgill doesn't. The solutions she provides after we turn in the homework, are her own written out solutions and only for the 10 problems she assigns. The Mcgill book has examples in it but they are COMPLETELY irrelevant to the homework so you can't even flip back and reference things. When prompted on this, the teachers response was, and I quote "The text can be more tedious for some who are just learning the materials. It is actually a clearer presentation for more advanced readers." We're all beginners except for those who are retaking this course because they failed the first time. I don't know what the department considers when looking for a new book but this thing sucks and I have a feeling they were looking at it through their own eyes rather than the students eyes. It probably made sense to them, so they deemed it good enough. Not to mention the fact that there isn't a solution manual so you can't "cheat", even though we have already established that if you are using it with cheating in mind, you're going to get spanked on the test; otherwise it's a great thing to have. So long story short, there is no teachers book or solution manual. This book has been around for at least a year now and it has a reputation/rumor for being **** and stories of desperate attempts to get a solution manual that either doesn't exist or is impossible to find. Tried Khan Academy? The guy does just about every subject you can imagine. Used them for linear algebra. I think I already checked for statics with no luck but I see you provided a video so I will go back and look again. Try Cramster.com. Saved my behind for several classes. Walk-through answers to odd problems are free, and you can get access to even ones and other help by paying. I looked on MIT OpenCourseware and couldn't find anything for Statics. Keep them in mind for your other classes though. This is the same response as the first one I made. No solution manual and on Cramster, some people have requested a solution to a problem here and there but no one has answered. Of course, Hibler is on there. Basically at this time, I have my roommates Hibler book and solution manual and I'm going to read over the examples and explanations from there. Not even going to look at my Mcgill book as to not get completely confused. Then hopefully I can switch that knowledge over to Mcgill to do the homework. If this doesn't work out well then I'm not real sure what to do after that except hope for a nice curve, even if I despise them with extreme prejudice. Edited February 15, 2012 by josh817 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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