R.V.R. & J.C. College of Engineering (Autonomous), Guntur-522019, A.P.

R-18

CE 125 ENGINEERING MECHANICS L T P C Int Ext

3 - - 3 40 60
Semester II [First Year]
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
1. To introduce principles of statics and to study concurrent forces in a plane
2. To study parallel forces in a plane and to study general case of forces in a plane
3. To understand force systems in space and to introduce principle of virtual work
4. To know moments of areas and moments of inertia

COURSE OUTCOMES:
After successful completion of the course, the students are able to
1. apply principles of statics and solve problems involving concurrent forces in a plane
2. solve problems involving parallel forces and general case of forces in a plane
3. solve problems with forces oriented in three-dimensions and apply principle virtual work to system of
rigid bodies
4. calculate moments of areas and moments of inertia

UNIT I [CO:1] (15)

Concurrent Forces in a Plane : Principles of statics, Rectangular components of a force, Resultant and
equilibrium of concurrent forces in a plane, Method of projections. (8 hours).

Parallel Forces in a Plane : Moment of a force about a point, Couple, Resultant and equilibrium of
parallel forces in a plane, Centre of parallel forces and centre of gravity, Centroids of composite plane
figures and curves. (7 hours)

UNIT II [CO:2] (13)

General Case of Forces in a Plane : Resultant and equilibrium of general case of parallel forces in a
plane, Statically determinate plane trusses-Method of joints and Method of sections. (8 hours).

Friction :Types of friction, Dry friction - Mechanism of friction , Types of friction problems.(5 hours)

UNIT III [CO:3] (12)

Force Systems in Space (using vector notation): Position vector, Unit vector, Force vector,
Component of a force about an axis, Moment of a force about a point, Moment of a force about an axis,
Couple, Resultant and equilibrium of concurrent forces in space, Resultant and equilibrium of parallel
forces in space, Centre of parallel forces and centre of gravity.(8 hours)

Principle of virtual work : Equilibrium of ideal systems, Stable and Unstable equilibrium.(4 hours)

UNIT IV [CO:4] (13)

Moments of Inertia of Plane Figures : Moment of inertia of a plane figure with respect to an axis in its
plane ; Moment of Inertia with respect to an axis perpendicular to the plane of the figure; Parallel axis
theorem.(8 hours).

Moments of Inertia of Material Bodies : Moment of inertia of a rigid body; Moment of inertia of a
lamina; Moments of inertia of three- dimensional bodies.(5 hours)

LEARNING RESOURCES:

TEXT BOOK:
Engineering mechanics by S.Timoshenko, D.H.Young, J.V.Rao, Sukumar Pati, 5th Edition, McGraw Hill
Education(India), 2017.

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REFERENCE BOOK(s):
1. Engineering Mechanics by V.Jaya Kumar and M.Kumar,1st Edition, PHI Learning, 2012.
2. Engineering Mechanics by B.Bhattacharyya, 2nd Edition, Oxford University Press, 2014.
3. Engineering mechanics: Statics by J. L. Meriam and L. Kraige , 7th Edition, John Wiley & Sons,2013.
4. Engineering Mechanics by R.C.Hibbeler,14th Edition, Pearson Education ( India),2017.
5. Vector Mechanics for Engineers by Beer and Johnston, 11th Edition, McGraw Hill Education(India),
2017.

WEB RESOURCES:
http://nptel.ac.in

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