ENGINEERING

MECHANICS
Course outline
ENGINEERING MECHANICS

■ COURSE CODE: CE-101

■ COURSE NAME: ENGINEERING MECHANICS
■ INSTRUCTOR: NORMA ALI KHAN
■ OFFICE HOURS: 9:00 to 5:00 HOURS, UNLESS
INSTRUCTED OTHERWISE
■ CREDIT HOURS: Theory = 2.5
■ Practical = 0.5
■ Total =3
■ CONTACT HOURS:
■ THEORY-48 HOURS
■ PRACTICAL-16 HOURS
■ TOTAL-64 HOURS
■ MODE OF TEACHING:
■ Instruction: Three hours of lecture per week 83.33%
■ Practical/ Laboratory Demonstration: Three hours of Lab
work per week 16.66%
■ COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is setup to introduce
students with basic concepts of Engineering mechanics,
principles and application of forces, calculation of
resultants, geometrical properties related to different
shapes and their application in Civil Engineering. Further
to this an introduction to simple dynamics is give to the
students.
■ COURSE OBJECTIVES:
■ The student will understand concepts of
engineering mechanics, which have direct and
indirect application in the field of Civil Engineering
■ RELEVANT PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
(PLOs):
■ The course is designed so that students will
achieve the PLOs:
1 Engineering Knowledge: R 7 Environment and Sustainability: ☐

2 Problem Analysis: ☐ 8 Ethics: ☐

3 Design/Development of Solutions: ☐ 9 Individual and Team Work: ☐

4 Investigation: ☐ 10 Communication: ☐
5 Modern Tool Usage: ☐ 11 Project Management: ☐
6 The Engineer and Society: ☐ 12 Lifelong Learning: ☐
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs):
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:

Taxono
S.N
CLO Domain my PLO
o
Level
Understand concepts of force and
moment vectors with complete
1 Cognitive 4 1
grasp of knowledge on its
components and applications.
Understand and calculate geometric
2 Cognitive 4 1
properties of areas
Understand the basics about beam
3 and trusses for calculation of Cognitive 4 1
reactions at the supports
Understand friction, virtual work
4 Cognitive 4 1
and its applications.
Perform experiments on forces,
Psychomot
5 moments, friction and their physical 3 1
■ PRACTICAL APPLICATION:

■ This course is the first Engineering oriented course in the

first semester. The course will make the foundation of
critical and analytical Engineering knowledge of Civil
Engineering students. The very first step in every design
or analysis problem of Civil Engineering, forces and
geometrical properties are first things to tackle.
Therefore engineering mechanics creates ability in
students to analyse or design the structures by
calculation of loads and properties of structural
elements.
■TOPICSCOVERED WITH THEIR
CONTRIBUTION TO PLOs:
■Theory:
Topic
Forces and Moments
1
 
Equilibrium of Rigid Bodies
2
 
Geometrical Properties of Plane Areas
3
 
4 Friction
Basics about beams, trusses & reactions
5
 
Application of Principles of Dynamics
6
 
7 End semester Exam
Practicals:
No. Practicals

a.To determine the surface area and volume of steel

1 cabinet and wooden cube in CGS, MKS, FPS and SI
system of unit.
a.To determine the tension in various points of hanging
2
rope loaded at different points.
3 a.To verify the principal of moments.
4 a.To verify the law of Polygon of forces.
a.To verify the law of friction between various surfaces
5
and to find out the coefficient of friction.
a.Determine the centre of gravity (Centroid) of various
6 objects by analytical solution and experimental
Observations.
ENGINEERING MECHANICS
■ TEXT BOOKS: Engineering Mechanics – Statics
and Dynamics by R. C. Hibbeler. 
■ REFERENCE BOOKS: Engineering Mechanics by
J.L. Miriam, Latest Edition.
Vector Mechanics for Engineers by
Ferdinand P. Beer
■GRADING SYSTEM:
■OHTs 30%
■Assignments 10%
■Quizzes 10%
■Final 50%
■ HOMEWORK POLICY
■ Submit your assignments on engineering paper (graph paper) written
neatly on ONE SIDE ONLY.
■ Staple your assignments together.
■ Put your name, page number, total number of pages and course number
on EACH PAGE.
■ Use a straight edge to draw figures NEATLY
■ Present calculations in a systematic and organized way showing all
relevant steps
■ Carry units throughout your calculations to prevent conversion errors
■ Use a reasonable number of significant digits in your calculations. Seven
decimal places are NOT necessary for most calculations.
■ Clearly state your assumptions and make sure you verify them to the
extent possible
■ Clearly label your final answer. Underline it, put a box around it, and
highlight it, whatever you do make sure that your final answer can be
easily found by the grader.
■ Exam Policy
■  Exams are to be completed independently. No communication with
others is permitted. Computers, databases, devices with internet
access capability and devices with wireless communication
capabilities are not permitted. The use of calculators is permitted.
■ Missed Exams
■  If you miss taking an exam, you will receive a zero on the exam
unless you do the following:
■  Immediately - as soon as possible but no later than 48 hours after
the scheduled exam – notify your instructor.
■ As soon as possible, take to your instructor a written explanation,
doctor’s note, or other documentation describing the event beyond
your control that prevented you from taking the exam.
■  For students with a legitimate, acceptable excuse for missing an
exam a make-up exam will be scheduled on an individual basis.
 Tentative schedule
WEEK 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

DATE
12- 26- 16-
19-Sep 26-Sep 3-Oct 10-Oct 17-Oct 24-Oct 31-Oct 7-Nov 14-Nov 21-Nov 28-Nov 5-Dec Dec 19-Dec Dec 2-Jan 9-Jan Jan 19

EQUILLIB FORCE C.O.G

FORCE RIUM OF SYSTEM EQUILLIBRIUM STRUCTURAL INTERNAL AND MOMENT VIRTUAL
THEORY VECTORS PARTICL RESULTAN OF A RIGID = OHT-1 ANALYSIS (1) = = FORCES FRICTION CENTRO OHT-2 OF INERTIA = WORK REVISION
BODY
ES TS IDS

PRACTICAL   prac 4   prac 5   prac 6  

  prac 1   prac 2   prac 3        
ESE
QUIZ QUIZ-2   QUIZ-3 QUIZ-
    QUIZ-1           QUIZ-4     5 Quiz 6

ASSIGNMEN     HW-1   HW-2   HW-3       HW-4

T
 

IMPORTANT                                  
EVENTS
 Tentative schedule
  TOPICS    
FORCE EQUILLIBRIUM FORCE SYSTEM
HW-1
VECTORS OF PARTICLES RESULTANTS
 

EQUILLIBRI
STRUCTURAL STRUCTURAL
HW-2 UM OF A
ANALYSIS (1) ANALYSIS(2)
RIGID BODY
 
STRUCTURA
INTERNAL
HW-3 L FRICTION
FORCES
ANALYSIS(3)  
CENTER OF
GRAVITY MOMENT OF MOMENT OF VIRTUAL
HW-4
AND INERTIA(1) INERTIA(2) WORK
CENTROIDS
 Tentative schedule
  TOPICS TIME (m)
FORCE EQUILLIBRIU
QUIZ-1 VECTORS M OF 20
PARTICLES
FORCE EQUILLIBRIU
SYSTEM M OF A
QUIZ-2 20
RESULTANT RIGID BODY
S
STRUCTUR  
QUIZ-3 AL 30
ANALYSIS
INTERNAL FRICTION
QUIZ-4 30
FORCES
CENTER OF MOMENT OF
GRAVITY INERTIA
QUIZ-5 20
AND
CENTROIDS
  VIRTUAL