Description
Principles of engineering statics including basic concepts, resultants, force-couple relationships, equilibrium diagrams, equilibrium analysis, three dimensional structures, two-dimensional frames, trusses, beams and friction.
Grading Basis
Graded
Prerequisites
MATH& 152 and PHYS& 222 or equivalent or Instructor Permission
Course Learning Outcomes
Core Topics
- Units of Measurement, Numerical calculations, Scalars and Vectors, Vector Addition
- Systems of forces (co-planar), Equilibrium of a Particle, Free-body diagrams
- Force system Resultants
- Equilibrium of a Rigid body
- Structural Analysis
- Internal forces: shear, strain, and stress
- Friction
- Center of gravity and centroid
- Moments of Inertia
- Virtual work