BASIC TERMINOLOGY OF

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

• Geometric region in which study of body is done

• Determined through a pre determined point
• Distance measured • A displacement is • The velocity of an
along the longest scalar that is the object is the rate of
dimension of an shortest distance change of its position
object from the initial to with respect to a frame
the final position of of reference, and is a
function of time
the body

LENGTH DISPLACEMENT VELOCITY

ACCELERATION MOMENTUM RIGID BODY
• Rate of change of • The quantity of • a rigid body is a
velocity motion of a moving solid body in which
body, measured as a deformation is zero or
product of its mass so small it can be
and velocity neglected
 DISTANCE
• Distance is a numerical
description of how far apart
objects are

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

Internal forces transmitted Measure of deformation of

through the body material