ENGR& 214: Engineering Statics

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Class Program

Engineering

Credits

Clinical Hours None

Weekly Contact Hours

Course ID

092688

Meets Degree Requirements For

General Elective

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

Prerequisite Courses

MATH& 152: Calculus II

PHYS& 116: General Physics III W/Lab

PHYS& 222: Engineering Physics II

Prerequisites

MATH& 152 and, PHYS& 222 or PHYS& 116 or Instructor Permission

Course Learning Outcomes

Graphically resolve forces using the parallelogram method and apply this technique towards estimating resultants.

Draw free-body diagrams and apply equilibrium concepts to solve problems involving moments, beams, rigid bodies, and trusses.

Apply the concept of Friction to simple machines.

Solve problems involving center of mass and moment of inertia.

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