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Statics

3 Credits | 200 Level | 38 Contact hours

Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Statics, 10th ed., 2013; Beer, Johnson & Mazurek, McGraw-Hill,

The engineering of mankind’s superstructure marvels all started with the basic statics of equilibrium (Newton’s First Law). This introductory course on statics (required of most engineering and architecture programs) includes topics of force decomposition, equilibrium of force systems, friction, centroids, moments of inertia, cables, beams, fluid statics, and work.

• Mechanics. Newton's Laws. Intro to Vectors.
• 2D Systems of Forces, Force Equilibrium and FBDs.
• Moments: physical and vector.
• Moment Equilibrium , Modeling, and more FBDs.
• Centroids: Definition and Simple Shapes, Centroids of Distributed Loads.
• Second Moment of Area and Polar Moments of Inertia.
• Trusses (Method of Joints).
• Trusses (Method of Sections).
• Analysis of frames and machines.
• Beams (Shear and Bending Moment Diagrams).
• Cables.
• Friction.

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
• Identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the properties of forces, moments, couples, and resultants.
• Apply concepts of forces/moments/couples/and resultants to the isolation of rigid bodies and the solution of engineering problems involving equilibrium.
• Analyze the effect of distributed force systems including the calculation of centroids and moments of inertia.
• Analyze the effect of dry friction in typical engineering problems.

Class Attendance 10%
Homework 10%
Quizzes 50%
Final Exam 30%