APPLIED MECHANICS

Er.Prashant Bhatta
EG 441 CE
• Force: push or a pull that changes or tends to change
the state of rest or uniform motion of an object or
changes the direction or shape of an object,
• Coplanar forces: forces of system of force all lie on the
same plane,
• Non coplanar or spatial forces: When all forces lie on
the different planes
• Concurrent Forces: When the line of action of all the
forces intersect at a point is called concurrent forces.
• Non-concurrent forces:Line of action of all the forces
donot intersect at a point.
 Chapter 1
1.1Engineering Mechanics Definition and Scope
Applied Mechanics is a branch of physical science
and the practical application of mechanics. Applied
mechanics describes the response of bodies or
system of bodies to external forces. Some
examples are: Flow of liquid under pressure,
fracture of solid from applied force.
Scopes:
• To describe and predict the condition of rest or
motion of bodies under the action of force;
• For the application of equation of equilibrium to
rigid bodies;
• To know the mechanics of fluid;
• To study physical phenomenon like
compressibility.
• Statics: Branch of mechanics that deals with the forces
and their effects while acting upon the body at rest.
• Dynamics: Deals with the forces and their effect while
acting upon the bodies in motion. It can be categorized
into:
1.2 Rigid, deformed and Fluid Bodies
• Rigid Body: Body in which the particles are so
interconnected that they do not change their relative
positions however large the force applied may be i.e. the
shape and size of the body doesnot change;
• Deformed Body: If there is appreciable change in the
shape and size or relative positions of the body ;
• Fluid body: Flowing material
a.Compressible fluid
b. Incompressible fluid
1.3Principles of Mechanics
• The Parallelogram law for addition of forces
• Principle of Transmissibility
• Newton’s 1st Law
• Newton's 2nd Law
• Newton’s 3rd Law
• Newton’s Law of Gravitation