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ENGINEERING MECHANICS
MECHANICS
MECHANICS
ENGINEERING
Mechanics is one It is a branch of
of the oldest Applied Science,
physical science which deals with
and is a branch the laws and
that is concerned principles of
with the state of mechanics, along
rest or motion of with their
bodies subjected applications to
to the action of engineering
forces problems
MASS
• Quantity of matter possessed by a body
• Its value wont change
TIME
• Measure of successive events
• Successive event selected is the rotation of earth
on its own axis
SPACE
PARTICLE
• A body with mass but with
dimensions that can be
neglected
CONTINUUM
• Body consisting of several
matters
FORCE
Interaction which
when unopposed
Push or Pull Ability to do work
changes motion of
object
• It states that everybody continues in its state of rest or of
uniform motion in a straight line unless it is compelled by an
external agency acting on it.
• It states that the rate of change of momentum of a body is directly proportional
to the impressed force and it takes place in the direction of the force acting on it.
It states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
STRESS STRAIN