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Engineering Mechanics

Syllabus
Introduction to Mechanics.

Force analysis and Vector Quantities.

Moment of Force and Couple.

Equilibrium of Rigid Body and Pulleys.

Dry Friction.

Centroid.

Moment of Inertia .

Stress and Strain

Dynamic of particles.

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Introduction
Engineering Mechanics: It is physical science that deals with the conditions of rest
and motion of bodies under the action of force.
Type of mechanics
1- Mechanics of rigid bodies: It deals with bodies that do not deform under the
action of force.
Divisions of rigid bodies mechanics
- Static: deals with bodies at rest.
- Dynamics: deals with bodies at motion.
2- Mechanics of deformable bodies: It deals with bodies which deform under the
action of force.
3- Mechanics of fluids: It deals with bodies that have no certain shape such as:
liquid and gas.
Vector & Scalar quantities
- Vector quantities : are the quantities which have magnitude and direction
such as: Force , weight , distance , speed , displacement , acceleration
,velocity .
- Scalar quantities : are the quantities which have only magnitude , such as
:Time , size , sound , density , light , volume .
System of units :
- International system (SI units)
length in meter (m) , mass in Kilogram (Kg), force in Newton (N)
- English system
length in foot (ft) , mass in Slug, force in Pound (Ib)
Unit conversion:
l lb = 4.4482 N
1 slug = 14.5938 kg
1 ft = 0.3048 m

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Useful trigonometric relation :

References
1- Engineering Mechanics by Hibbeler
2- Engineering Mechanics by Beer
3- Engineering Mechanics by Meriam

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