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Applied Mech Syllabus
Applied Mech Syllabus
1.0 AIM
To equip the student with Applied Mechanics skills and their applications in
industry
2.0 OBJECTIVES
At the end of covering the subject content, the student will be able to:
2.1 apply principles of statics in problem solving
2.2 apply principles of moments and volumes
2.3 use laws of motion to solve problems
2.4 use friction principles to solve problems
3.0 TOPICS
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3.2.B State and solve problems involving the equilibrium of a co-planar force
system
3.2.C Explain free-body diagrams and support reactions
3.3 UNDERSTAND STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS
3.3.A Statics of trusses
3.3.A.1State the types of simple trusses
3.3.A.2Solve problems involving frameworks to determine the reactions at the
supports and the forces in the members of the frameworks by using the
following methods:
3.3.A.2.1 the methods of joints
3.3.A.2.2 the method of sections
3.3.A.2.3 the graphical method (force- diagrams)
3.3.B Statics of Beams
3.3.B.1.1 Explain the different types of beam loading and support
reactions
3.3.B.1.2 Explain the difference between statically determinate and
statically indeterminate beams
3.3.B.1.3 Calculate the support reactions for beams with concentrated
and uniformly distributed loads.
3.3.B.1.4 Draw the shear force and bending moment diagrams and define
the maximum bending moment and points of contra flexure.
3.3.B.1.5 Establish the relationship between the loads, shear force and
bending moment.
3.4 UNDERSTAND PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATION OF FRICTION.
3.4.B Explain with the aid of sketches the static friction, limiting, friction or
maximum value of statics friction and kinetic friction factors.
3.4.C Solve engineering problems involving friction on the inclined plane when
the applied forces are:
3.4.D Calculate the minimum force required to move the body with uniform
velocity up and down the plane.
T 1 μα
3.4.F State and apply the formula =e
T2
3.4.G In order to calculate the tension and power transmitted by belt drives.
3.4.H Explain the frictions forces on screws and solve problems concerning
wedge friction.
3.5.A Explain and solve problems on fluid pressure acting on submerged plane
surfaces.
3.5.D Define and explain ‘relative’ and absolute velocity, normal and tangential
velocity
and the instantaneous centre as applied to the slider-crank mechanism.
- Linear momentum
- Angular momentum
- Impulse