SCHOOL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

410 201 Engineering Mechanics I Term 1/2000

Lecturers : Amnat Apichatvullop Jeerawat Chaijaruwanich Sitthichai Seangatith Tanongsak Bisarnsin A-Z Contents Objectives: Students successfully completing this course will: - recognize the way in which simple systems resist forces and moments to which they are subjected; - be able to simplify a complex force analysis problem down to one that can be analyzed; - be able to express the physical problem in a mathematical or graphical form; - be able to analyze the forces in each member; - understand the significance of the solution to the problem of any assumptions made. Textbook: Vector Mechanics for Engineers - Statics, 3rd SI ed., F. P. Beer & E. R. Johnston, Jr., McGraw-Hill, 1999. ********************************************************************* Chapter Subject Text Assignment Date Problems Week beginning 1. Introduction - 2 hour 1.Introduction 1.1 thru 6 29/5/00 2. Statics of Particles - 8 hours 1.Vector Operations, Sums 2.1 thru 6 2.Cartesian Vectors 2.7,8 3.Particle Equilibrium 2.9,10,11 4.3D Forces 2.12,13,14 5.Particle Equilibrium 3D 2.15 6.Review 3. Rigid Bodies: Equivalent Systems of Forces - 6 hours 1.Vector Product 3.1 thru 8 2.Scalar Product 3.9,10,11 3.Couples 3.12 thru 16 4.Equivalent Force Systems 3.17 thru 21 5.Review 4. Equilibrium of Rigid Bodies - 5 hours 1.Rigid Body Equilibrium 2D 4.1 thru 5 2.Two & Three Force Bodies 4.6,7 3.Rigid Body Equilibrium 3D 4.8,9 5.Centroids and Centers of Gravity - 6 hours 1.Centroids-Composite Parts 5.1 thru 5 2.Centroids By Integration 5.6,7 3.Distributed Forces 5.8

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4.Centroids of Volumes 5.10 17/7/00 5.Composite Parts 5.11 6. Analysis of Structures - 5 hours 1.Trusses, Definition & Method of Joints 6.1 thru 5 2.Method of Sections 6.7 24/7/00 3.Frames 6.9,10,11 4.Machines 6.12 7. Forces in Beams - 4 hours 1.Internal Forces 7.1,2 31/7/00 2.Axial Force, Shear,Moment,Torqe Diagrams 7.3,4,5 3.Shear and Bending Moment Diagrams 8. Friction - 4 hours 1.Dry Friction 8.1 thru 4 7/8/00 2.Wedges & Screws 8.5,6 3.Belt Friction 8.10 9. Moments of Inertia - 6 hours 1.Moment of Inertia of Area 9.1 Thru 5 14/8/00 2.Composite Areas 9.6,7 3.Product of Inertia 9.8 4.&5.Inertia Transformation 9.9 21/8/00 REVIEW 2 hours FINAL EXAMINATION Conduct of course Homework & Classwork Final exam

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Students are encouraged to work in groups of 3. Students working properly on homework assignments will be able to perform well in classwork and final exam.