ME 241: Engineering Mechanics Lecture: 1

ENGINEERING MECHANICS
ME 241

Dr. Md. Ashiqur Rahman

Assistant Professor, ME BUET
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COURSE DESCRIPTION

Credit hours: 4

Number of Class Tests: (4+1)

Home Works: There might be few

Class Schedule: Saturday, Sunday, Wednesday : 12:00 PM
Tuesday : 11:00 AM

Textbook:
• Vector Mechanics for Engineers (Statics & Dynamics):
Ferdinand P. Beer and Russell E. Johnston (9th Edition*)

• Engineering Mechanics (Statics & Dynamics): R. C. Hibbeler

(11th edition)
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COURSE CONTENT
Statics
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Statics of Particles
Chapter 3: Rigid Bodies: Equivalence Force
Systems
Chapter 4: Equilibrium of Rigid Bodies
Chapter 5: Centroids and Centers of Gravity
Chapter 6: Analysis of Structures
Chapter 8: Friction
Chapter 9: Moments of Inertia
Dynamics
Chapter 11: Kinematics of Particles
Chapter 12: Kinematics of Particles:
Newton’s 2nd Law
Chapter 13: Kinematics of Particles: Energy
and Momentum Methods
Chapter 15: Kinematics of Rigid Bodies
Chapter 16: Plane Motion of Rigid Bodies:
Forces and Accelerations
Chapter 17: Plane Motion of Rigid Bodies:
Energy and Momentum Methods

** Book Chapters of Vector Mechanics for Engineers (Statics &

Dynamics): Ferdinand P. Beer and E. Russell Johnston
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COURSE OBJECTIVES

The objective of the present course is to emphasize

the formulation and solution of problems in
engineering mechanics by appropriate mechanical
and mathematical models.

• The understanding and technical knowledge gathered in this

course will be directly required and applied in many future
courses, such as –

• Mechanics of Solid (L-2, T-2),

• Theory of Machines (L-3, T-1),
• Machine Design (L-3, T-1 & L-3, T-2)

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Learning: How?

 Message to My Freshman Students

- K.M. Parsons

• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/keith-m-parsons/message-to-my-freshman-
st_b_7275016.html

 My Alternative Message to My Freshman Students

- Andrew Robinson

• http://www.profology.com/blogs/3412/101/my-alternative-message-to-my-
freshman-students

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Message to My Freshman Students

- K. M Parsons

 It is no part of my job to make you learn. At university,

learning is your job and yours alone. My job is to lead
you to the fountain of knowledge.

 You need to learn to listen.

 Critical listening questions and evaluates what is being

said and seeks key concepts.

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My Alternative Message to My Freshman Students

- Andrew Robinson

 In a University class, much of your study has to be self-directed,

with the teacher giving guidance on what to do.

 Problem solving is the key to success.

 You must become a self-directed learner, rather than an

automaton.

 I will put full trust in you, as an adult, to work in class.

 My role is to help you grow intellectually, to master the subject.

I can show you the way, but you must make that
journey.
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INTRODUCTION

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What is Mechanics?
Mechanics is the study of forces that act on bodies and the
resultant motion that those bodies experience.

 Mechanical interaction between bodies.

How different bodies apply forces on one another and how they
then balance to keep each other in equilibrium.

The first part of the course – STATICS.

Motion of particles and how does the motion of particles get

affected when a force is applied on them.

The second part of the course - DYNAMICS

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Classification of Mechanics
1. Mechanics of Rigid Bodies:
- The bodies do not deform under the action of forces
 Statics
 Dynamics

2. Mechanics of Deformable Bodies:

- The bodies deform under the action of forces
3. Fluid Mechanics:
Incompressible and Compressible fluid

Mechanics

Rigid Bodies Deformable Bodies Fluids

(Things that do not change shape) (Things that do change shape)

Statics Dynamics Incompressible Compressible

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Applications
With roots in physics and mathematics-
Engineering Mechanics is the basis of all the
mechanical sciences.

 Civil engineering, Materials science and

engineering, Mechanical engineering and
Aeronautical and Aerospace engineering
…….

To answer questions such as -

• Is the car’s suspension strong enough?

• Which material can we use for the

aircraft’s fuselage?

• Will the bridge carry more than 5 trucks at

the same time?
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History of Mechanics
In the early stages of scientific development, Physics mainly consisted
of mechanics and astronomy.

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UNIT SYSTEMS

 COMMON CONVERSION FACTORS

1 ft. = 0.3048 m
1 lb = 4.4482 N
1 slug = 14.5938 kg
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UNIT SYSTEMS

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Term Final
• 8 x 2 = 16 problems (solve 6+6 =12)
• No need to memorize any formula

 What might be your excuse this

time?

Please Study Hard!

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