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Chapter 1 General Principles of Mechanics

This document discusses the general principles of mechanics. It introduces mechanics and divides it into three branches: rigid-body mechanics, deformable-body mechanics, and fluid mechanics. Rigid-body mechanics deals with objects that do not deform and is further divided into statics, which considers objects at rest or in constant motion, and dynamics, which considers accelerated motion. The document defines fundamental concepts in mechanics including basic quantities like length, time, mass and force. It also discusses idealizations like modeling an object as a particle or rigid body to simplify analysis. Newton's three laws of motion are also introduced.

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Chapter 1 General Principles of Mechanics

This document discusses the general principles of mechanics. It introduces mechanics and divides it into three branches: rigid-body mechanics, deformable-body mechanics, and fluid mechanics. Rigid-body mechanics deals with objects that do not deform and is further divided into statics, which considers objects at rest or in constant motion, and dynamics, which considers accelerated motion. The document defines fundamental concepts in mechanics including basic quantities like length, time, mass and force. It also discusses idealizations like modeling an object as a particle or rigid body to simplify analysis. Newton's three laws of motion are also introduced.

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CHAPTER-1

General Principles of Mechanics

Book:
Engineering Mechanics Statics, R. C. Hibbeler, 12th Ed
GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF MECHANICS
• Mechanics Introduction
• Rigid Body Mechanics
• Fundamental Concepts
– Basic Quantities
• Length, Time, Mass, Force
– Idealizations
• Particle, Rigid Body, Concentrated Force
– Newton’s Laws of Motion
• Units of Measurement
MECHANICS
• Branch of the physical sciences that is concerned with the state of rest or motion of bodies that
are subjected to the action of forces
• Subdivided into three branches:

– Rigid-body Mechanics

– Deformable-body Mechanics, and

– Fluid Mechanics

• Rigid-body Mechanics is a basic requirement for the study of the Mechanics of Deformable
Bodies and the Mechanics of Fluids
• Rigid-body Mechanics is essential for the design and analysis of many types of structural
members, mechanical components, or electrical devices encountered in engineering
RIGID BODY MECHANICS
• Rigid-body Mechanics is divided into two areas:

– Statics

– Dynamics

• Statics deals with the equilibrium of bodies, that is, those that are either at rest or move
with constant velocity
• Dynamics is concerned with the accelerated motion of bodies

• Statics can be considered as a special case of dynamics in which the acceleration is zero
FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS
• Basic Quantities:
– Length: used to locate the position of a point in space and thereby describe the size of a
physical system
– Time: conceived as a succession of events
– Mass:
• measure of a quantity of matter
• is used to compare the action of one body with that of another
• provides a measure of the resistance of matter to a change in velocity
– Force:
• considered as a “push” or “pull” exerted by one body on another
• is completely characterized by its magnitude, direction, and point of application.
FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS
• Idealizations:
– Models or idealizations are used in mechanics in order to
simplify application of the theory
– Particle:
• has mass, but its size that can be neglected
• e.g. size of the earth is insignificant compared to the size of its
orbit and therefore the earth can be modeled as a particle when
studying its orbital motion
• principles of mechanics reduce to a rather simplified form since the
geometry of the body will not be involved in the analysis of the
problem
• Three forces act on the hook at A . All forces met at a point →
Hook can be assumed as a Particle
FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS
• Idealizations:
– Rigid Body:
• can be considered as a combination of a large number of particles in which all the
particles remain at a fixed distance from one another, both before and after applying
a load
• the material properties of any body that is assumed to be rigid will not have to be
considered when studying the effects of forces acting on the body
• the actual deformations occurring in structures, machines, mechanisms, and the like
are relatively small, and the rigid-body assumption is suitable for analysis
FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS
• Idealizations:
– Concentrated Force:
• represents the effect of a loading which is assumed to
act at a point on a body
• load can be represented by a Concentrated Force,
provided the area over which the load is applied is
very small compared to the overall size of the body
FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS
• Newton’s Laws of Motion:
– First Law: A particle originally at rest, or moving in a
straight line with constant velocity, tends to remain in this
state provided the particle is not subjected to an unbalanced
force

– Second Law: Particle acted upon by an unbalanced force F


experiences an acceleration ‘a’ that has the same direction as
the force and a magnitude that is directly proportional to the
force

– Third Law: The mutual forces of action and reaction between


two particles are equal, opposite, and collinear
UNITS OF MEASUREMENT

– 1 slug = Amount of matter accelerated at 1 ft/s2 when acted upon by a force of 1 lb


(slug = lb.s2/ft)
– 1 Newton = Force required to give 1 kg of mass an acceleration 1 m/s2 (N = 1 kg.m/s2)

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