POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES

Lopez, Quezon Branch

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE
Department of Civil Engineering

Course Syllabus in Architecture

2nd Semester, SY : 2020-2021

I. Course Title: STATICS OF RIGID BODIES

Course Code: CIEN 20043

Credit Units: 3

Prerequisites:

Co-requisites:

II. Course Description: A basic engineering science course of solid mechanics dealing with bodies
that are or remain at rest. It is designed to provide fundamental concepts about forces,
moments and couples and their systems. The concept of resultants and equilibrium of forces
and moments is utilized to enable solution of statically determinate problems.

III. Relationship of Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs) to Program Outcomes (PO)

Course Learning Outcomes Program Outcome (PO)

At the end of the course , the students must be able to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m

1. Understand the concepts of forces and moments of

forces;

2. Apply the principles of static equilibrium from the

knowledge of resultants of forces and moments.

3. Relate the course to other engineering situations that

involve the concepts of forces and moments of forces.

IV. Course Coverage

DATE WEEK CLO Code TOPIC TEACHING & ASSESSMENT TARGET

Link LEARNING METHODS/
ACTIVITIES TOOLS
(TLA)
1. Principles of Statics
1.1Resultant of Force System
1.2Resultant of Three or more
Concurrent Forces
1.3Principles of Moments
1.4Resultant of Parallel Forces
1.5Couples
1.6Resultant of Non-
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COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE
Department of Civil Engineering

Concurrent Forces
1.7Equilibrium of Concurrent
Forces
1.8Equilibrium of Non-
Concurrent Forces

2. Analysis of structures
2.1Method of Joints
2.2Method of Sections
2.3Frames Containing Three
Force Member

3. Friction
3.1Laws of Friction
3.2Wedges
3.3Square Threaded Screws
3.4Belt Friction
3.5Rolling Resistance

4.Force systems in space

4.1Resultant of Concurrent
Force System in Space
4.2Moment of a Force about an
Axis
4.3Equilibrium of Concurrent
Space Forces
4.4Equilibrium of Non-
Concurrent Space Forces

5.Centroids & center of

gravity
5.1Centroids of Areas
5.2Second Proposition of
Pappus

6.Moment of inertias
6.1Moment of Inertia
6.2Product of Inertia
6.3Maximum and Minimum
6.4Moments of Inertia

Legend 1 – CO has minor contribution to PO

2 – CO has moderate contributions to PO

3 – CO has major contribution to PO

V. Course Requirements:
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Lopez, Quezon Branch
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE
Department of Civil Engineering

Class standing requirements (problem solving exercise, seatwork’s, assignment and oral
presentations, group participation and evaluation) – Problem solving exercises are scheduled.
Seatwork’s are unannounced and are usually given at the start or near the end of the lecture
period. Problem set assignment are to solved through team effort to maximize peer tutoring and
cooperative learning. Outputs are collected at the beginning of the next class session. Students
will be required to do oral presentation of assignment solutions or any special topics. Individual
contribution to group work will be rated by the instructor and by the co-group members.

VI. Learning Resources

Textbook:
References: Engineering Mechanics (second edition) by Besavilla

VII. Class Policies

Attendance:

Attendance sheets will be passed around and the student is responsible to sign to prove his
presence for that session. This is to monitor whether absences incurred by the student is still
within the allowed number of absences for a course stipulated in the Student Handbook. The
only valid excuses for missing exam are illness requiring medical care or personality/family
emergency of a serious nature. For such, valid medical certificate and parent’s/guardian letter
will be required and subjected to verification.

Cooperative Learning:

The goal is to have everyone learn more than they would have working alone. Nevertheless,
individual work provides the foundation for productive and synergistic group work. Teams will
be formed, with three or four students per team. These will be used in two ways. First in class
discussion and reporting on assignment will be by group (whenever possible). Second problem
set assignment will be group activities but the submission of assignment outputs will be done
individually. Presentation of output will be done on a rotation bases all student will evaluate
themselves and their fellow group members with respect contributions to group function at
least twice during the semester. This evaluation will contribute to the class standing portion of
the course grade and will be used primarily in deciding borderline grades.

Academic Honesty Policy:

It is a part of your education to learn responsibility and self-discipline, particularly with regards
to academic honesty. The most important issue of academic honesty is cheating. Cheating is
defined to include an attempt to defraud, deceive or mislead the instructor in arriving at an
honest graded assessment. Plagiarism is a form of cheating that involves presenting as one’s
own work the ideas or work of another.

All portions of any test, project or finals exam submitted by you for a grade must be your own,
unless you are instructed to work collaboratively. Specific requirement will be described for
collaborative projects, but all work presented must be work of members of that group. Research
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Lopez, Quezon Branch
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE
Department of Civil Engineering

materials used must be properly cited. Cheating in a major course examination by a student will
entail a failing mark of F for the given course. Cheating, dishonesty or plagiarism in paper and
other works will entail zero (0) score for the said requirement.

Prepared by:

Engr. Antonio P. Curva

Part-Time Instructor 1

Evaluated By:

Dr. Rufo N. Bueza, DPA

Director and Head, Academic Programs
PUP Lopez, Quezon Branch

Prof. Pascualito B. Gatan, MBA

Vice President for Branches and Satellite Campuses