Credit Structure: (3-0)3

Catalog Description:
Introduction to rigid body mechanics. Equivalent force systems: Concepts of moment, couple, resultant. Equilibrium: Free-body diagram; equations of equilibrium. Structural analysis: Trusses; beams. Shear force and bending moment diagrams by method of sections and by method of integration. Properties of surfaces: Area moment & centroid; moments & product of inertia; principal directions.

Course Objectives:
Civil engineering (like many others) is based on mechanics. Various branches of mechanics are treated in three or four basic courses in the civil engineering curriculum. The major objectives of this course are: 1) To establish the concept of equilibrium , 2) To introduce the concept of structural analysis with reference to statically determinate trusses and beams, 3) To introduce properties of surfaces used in mechanics.

Prerequisites:
MATH 157

Textbook(s):
F.P. Beer and E.R. Johnston, "Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Statics", 2nd SI Metric Ed., McGraw-Hill, 1990.

Reference(s)
R.C. Hibbeler, "Engineering Mechanics - Statics", 6th. Ed., Maxwell Macmillan, 1992.
J.L. Meriam, "Mechanics, Part I: Statics", 2nd. Ed., John Wiley and Sons, 1971.

Syllabus:
1. Introduction
2. Equivalent force systems: Moment of a force, couple, translation of a force, reduction of a couple and a coplanar force, resultant of a force system, moment of a force about an axis, distributed force systems
3. Equilibrium: Free-body diagram, equations of equilibrium,equilibrium in three dimensions, constraints for a rigid body
4. Trusses: Simple truss, truss tower, K-truss, compound truss
5. Beams: Internal forces, diagrams by method of sections, principle of superposition, Differential and integral relations, diagrams by method of integration
6. Properties of Surfaces: Moment of an area, centroid, moments and product of inertia, translation of axes, rotation of axes, polar moment of inertia, principal directions.

Homeworks, Quizzes, Projects:
None

Computer Usage:
None

Laboratory Work:
None

Category Content:
Mathematics and Basic Sciences: None
Engineering Design: None
Engineering Sciences: 3 credits
Humanities & Social Sciences: None
Departmental: None

Instructors:
Muvaffak Uzumeri