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The document discusses the fundamentals of engineering mechanics including statics and dynamics. It defines mechanics, engineering mechanics, and the divisions of statics and dynamics. It also covers fundamental concepts such as mass, force, rigid bodies, and units of measurement.

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• TTP of the course

• Concept of
• Force
Lecture no 1 • Mass
• Time and
• Space

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Definition of Mechanics

• Mechanics is that “area of science” which is


concerned with the “behavior of physical bodies”
when subjected to forces and the subsequent
effects of the bodies on their environment
Definition of Engineering Mechanics

• Engineering mechanics is the application of


principles of mechanics to solve problems
involving common engineering elements.
DIVISIONS OF ENGINEERING MECHANICS
1. STATICS
It is that branch of Engineering Mechanics, which deals with the
forces and their effects, while acting upon the bodies at rest.
2. DYNAMICS
It is that branch of Engineering Mechanics, which deals with the
forces and their effects, while acting upon the bodies in motion.
- Kinematics: without consideration of the causes of motion (v,
a)
- Kinetics: with consideration of the causes of motion (v, a, F, T)
STATICS
DYNAMICS
Fundamental Concepts
• Space: boundless three-dimensional extent in which objects and events
have relative position and direction.
• Mass: Quantity of matter in a body ( Resistance to motion)
• Length: used to locate position of a point in space
• Time: succession of events
• Force: Push or pull exerted by one body on another
• Particle: it has a mass but its size is negligible
• Rigid body: Rigid body is combination of large number of particles in
which all particles remain at fix distance
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Rigid Body: Ideal Body
• A rigid body is a solid body in which deformation is zero or so small
it can be neglected.
• The distance between any two given points on a rigid body remains
constant in time regardless of external forces exerted on it.
• There is no change in shape of rigid body
• Or in other words there is no internal effect.
Deformable Body: Real Body
• A deformable body is one that can distort. It would normally refer to a
solid object so that as it deforms, it sort of deforms in a way that it
could return to its starting shape if all the external forces were
removed that caused it to deform.
• There is some internal effect due to external force
Fundamental Concepts
• Concentrated force: effect of loading assumed to act
at a point on a body
• Newton’s laws of motion: First law, Second Law,
third Law
• Newton’s Law of Gravitational Attraction
• Weight

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Fundamental Concepts

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Units for Measurement
• SI units
• Length- Meter
• Mass- Kg
• Time- second
• Density (Mass density) kg / m3
• Force N (Newton)
• Pressure N/mm2 or N/m2
• Work done (in joules) J = N-m
• Power in watts W = J/s

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Units for
Measurement

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Units for Measurement
• 1 lb = 0.45 Kg
• 1 kg = 2.204 lbs
• 1 lb = 4.408 N
• 1 N = 0.224 lbs
• 1 Slug = 14.5 Kg
• 1 slug = 32.74 lbs
• 1 dyne= 2.20 lbs
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Units for
Measurement

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Force and its Characteristics
• Force: Tends to produce, destroys or tends to destroy motion
• Change the motion of a body.
• Retard the motion of a body.
• Maintaining a body into rest or in equilibrium.
• Produces internal stresses in the body

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Force and its Characteristics
• Magnitude of the force
• The direction of the line, also known as line of action of the force.
• Nature of the force (i.e., whether the force is push or pull).
• The point at which (or through which) the force acts on the body.

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