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Engineering Mechanics

Engineering Mechanics is the branch of physical science that focuses on the application of mechanics in engineering, divided into statics and dynamics. Statics examines bodies at rest under force, while dynamics studies bodies in motion, further divided into kinetics and kinematics. The document also discusses fundamental and derived units, the SI system, and includes objective questions to assess understanding of these concepts.

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Engineering Mechanics

Engineering Mechanics is the branch of physical science that focuses on the application of mechanics in engineering, divided into statics and dynamics. Statics examines bodies at rest under force, while dynamics studies bodies in motion, further divided into kinetics and kinematics. The document also discusses fundamental and derived units, the SI system, and includes objective questions to assess understanding of these concepts.

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ENGINEERING MECHANICS

Mechanics is that branch of physical science which deals with the


action of force on material body.

Engineering Mechanics deals with the practical application of


mechanics in the field of engineering.

Mechanics or Engineering Mechanics is classified as statics and


dynamics.
Mechanics

Statics Dynamics

Kinètics Kinematics

Statics deals with the behaviour of the body under the action of
forces, keeping the body at rest.

Dynamics deals with the behaviour of the body under the action of
forces, keeping the body in motion.
Dynamics can be subdivided into two groups: Kinetics and
Kinematics.
Kinetics deals with the bodies in motion due to the application of
force.
Kinematics deals with the bodies in motion, without any reference

to the forces which are responsible for the motion.

A Scalar quantity can be completely specified by its numerical

value, i.e., magnitude.


time, work, energy, temperature, etc.
Examples are length, mass,
and direction.
quantity possesses both magnitude
A vector
force, momentsS,
Examples are displacement, velocity, acceleration,
etc.

Basic or Fundamental Units are those units which can not be

expressed in terms of another.

Length (L), mass (M), and time (T) are these type of units.

All other units which are derived from basic units are called Derived
Units. E densilg, sp gravi
Generally, four system of units are used all over the world. They are
FPS (Foot-Pound Second), CGS (Centimeter-Gram-Second), MKS
(Meter-Kilogram-Second) and SI (System International).
SI is an improved form of MKS system and are being adopted
universally. The SI system considers six fundamental units. They
are Length (m), Mass (kg), Time (Sec), Electric Current (A),
Temperature (K) and Luminous Intensity (Candela or cd).
Principles of dimensional homogeneity states that any equation
describing a physical condition will only be true if both side of the
equation have the same dimension or in any equation, each additive
term must have the same dimension.
OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS

A. Multiple-choice questions

1. Study of a body at rest or motion under the action of force is


known as
(a) Statics b) Dynamics (c) Mechanics (d) Kinematics Ans: (c)

2. The body which does not deform under the action of applied force
is known as

(a) Solid body (b) Non plastic body (c) Rigid body (d) Elastic body
Ans: (c)
3.Al kinds of physical quantities other than fundamental ones are
called

(a) Absolute unit (b) Fundamental unit (c) Secondary unit

(d) Derived unit Ans: (d)

4. In SI system number of fundamental units are

(a) Six b) Three (c) Four (d) Two Ans: (a)

5. Ratio of SI to CGS unit of velocity is

(a) 100 (b) 10 (c) 1000 (d) 1/10 Ans: (a)

6. Unit of force in MKS system is

a) kgf (kg-wt) (b} kg (c) Newton (d) Dyne Ans: (a)

7. Dimension of force is

(a) MLT2 b) MLT (¢) MLT (d) ML-T Ans: (a)


8. The branch of
dynamics which deals with the motion of bodies
without considering forces causing the motion of the body is known
as

(a) Statics (b)


Dynamics (c) Kinetics (d) Kinematics Ans: (d)
9.The branch of
dynamics which deals
considering forces causing the motion ofwith
the
the motion of
bodies
body is knoWn as
(a) Statics (b)
Dynamics (c) Kinetics (d) Kinematics
B. Fill in the blanks Ans: (c)
1.
deals with the
of forces, keeping the body atbehaviour of the body under the
rest. Ans: Statics
action
2. deals with the
behaviour of the body under the
forces, keeping the body in action of
motion. Ans: Dynamics
3. A vector
quantity possess both and

Ans: magnitude, direction


4. The
principle of dimensional homogeneity is
generally used in
analysis. Ans: dimensional
5. Derived units the
are combinations of units

Ans: fundamental
6. Scalar
quantity has only. Ans: magnitude
7. Engineering Mechanics is divided into two parts, statics and
Ans: dynamics
8. Work is a. quantity. Ans: scalar
9. Statics deals with the condition of bodies acted
upon by force at
Ans: rest
10. SI is the abbreviation of System. Ans: International

11. Speed is a _ quantity. Ans: scalar

12. The SI unit of power is- Ans: kW

13. The unit of force in SI unit is. Ans: Newton


Ans: unit vector
is unity is known as
TA
veCtor whose magnitude
must be Ans: equal
15. Dimension of all the terms in an equation
C. True or False-type questions
by its magnitude.
1.A scalar quantity can be completely specified
Ans: T
direction. Ans: T
2. A vector quantity possesses both magnitude and

3. Nis the unit of mass. Ans: F

4. kg is the unit of m a s s . Ans:T


in SI. Ans: F
5. °Cis the unit of thermodynamic temperature

6. Force is a scalar quantity. Ans: F

is fundamental unit. Ans: T


7. In SI ampere (A) a

is fundamental unit. Ans: T


8. In SI candela (Cd) a

fundamental unit. Ans: T


9. In SI kelvin (K) is a
10. Mass, length and time are known as fundamental quantities.
Ans: T

11. If the dimension of all the terms of an equation are same, the

equation must be wrong.

Ans: F
1. Name six basic units of SI.

2. Mention in tabular form, the abbreviations used both in MKS and


SI for the

following quantities:
(a) Force (b) Moment (c) Heat

(d) Momentum (e) Work (6) Power


3. Derive the relationship between kg force and newton.

4. What are the differences between the derived units and basic
units? Name three basic units

used in both MKS and SI.

5. Define (a) Statics (b) Dynamics (e) Kinetics (d) Kinematics (e)
Scalar and vector quantities () Fundamental and derived units

6. What is the difference between kgf and newton? How are they
related?

7. How many basic units are adopted in SI? Name all the basic
units.

8. Classify the following into scalar and vector quantities:

Mass, Displacement, Momentum, Area, Volume, Velocity, Weight,


Speed, Temperature, and Force.

9. Derive the dimensional equations of the following quantities:

Acceleration, Velocity, Force, Energy, Temperature, Pressure

10. Write short notes on scalar quantities and vector quantities.

Most commonly asked question

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