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Engineering Mechanic

The document outlines a course on Engineering Statics, detailing the textbook, assessment methods, and fundamental concepts of mechanics. It covers topics such as Newton's laws, systems of units, and methods for problem-solving, including examples of calculating weight and vector sums. The course emphasizes understanding the conditions of rest or motion of bodies under forces.

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Engineering Mechanic

The document outlines a course on Engineering Statics, detailing the textbook, assessment methods, and fundamental concepts of mechanics. It covers topics such as Newton's laws, systems of units, and methods for problem-solving, including examples of calculating weight and vector sums. The course emphasizes understanding the conditions of rest or motion of bodies under forces.

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Session 2020

Chapter

1
ENGINEERING STATICS

Introduction
Course Information

Text Book : Engineering Mechanics STATICS


J. L. Meriam and L.G. Kraige
7th edition

Assessment Methods: Midterm Exam 30%


Final Exam 40%
Quizzes 20%
Assignments 10%
What is Mechanics?

• Mechanics is the science which describes and predicts the conditions


of rest or motion of bodies under the action of forces.

• Categories of Mechanics:
- Rigid bodies
- Statics
- Dynamics
- Deformable bodies
- Fluids
1. Compressible - gas
2. Incompressible - liquids
Applications of Engineering STATICS

Compression

Tension

Forces Forces
Applications of Engineering STATICS
Newton’s First Law of Motion
Newton’s Second Law of Motion
Newton’s Third Law of Motion
Newton’s Law of Gravitation
Fundamental Concepts
• Space - associated with the notion of the position of a point P given in
terms of three coordinates measured from a reference point or origin.
• Time - definition of an event requires specification of the time and
position at which it occurred.

• Mass - used to characterize and compare bodies, e.g., response to earth’s


gravitational attraction and resistance to changes in translational motion.

• Force - represents the action of one body on another. A force is


characterized by its point of application, magnitude, and direction, i.e., a
force is a vector quantity.
• Particle - represents a body with negligible dimensions. In
mathematics, we consider a particle with almost zero size and its whole
mass concentrated at one point.
• Rigid Body - represents a body where the change in distance between any
of its two points is negligible.
System of Units
System of Units
Systems of Units
Systems of Units
Systems of Units
System of Units
• Of the units for the four primary dimensions (force,
mass, length, and time), three may be chosen arbitrarily.
The fourth must be compatible with Newton’s 2nd Law.

• International System of Units (SI Units): base units are


the units of length (m), mass (kg), and time (second).
The unit of force is derived,
 m kg m
1 N 1 kg  1 2  1 2
 s  s

• U.S. Customary Units: base units are the units of force


(lb), length (ft), and time (second). The unit of mass is
derived,
1 lb 1lb lb s 2
1 lbm  2
1slug  2
1
32.2 ft s 1ft s ft
System of Units
Example
Method of Problem Solution
• Problem Statement: • Solution Check:
Includes given data, specification of - Test for errors in reasoning by
what is to be determined, and a verifying that the units of the
figure showing all quantities computed results are correct,
involved. - test for errors in computation by
• Free-Body Diagrams: substituting given data and
Create separate diagrams for each of computed results into previously
the bodies involved with a clear unused equations based on the six
indication of all forces acting on principles,
each body. - always apply experience and
• Fundamental Principles: physical intuition to assess whether
The six fundamental principles are results seem “reasonable”
applied to express the conditions of
rest or motion of each body. The
rules of algebra are applied to solve
the equations for the unknown
quantities.
Sample Problem 1

SOLUTION:
• The mass of the car is given in SI units,
and the weight can be calculated by
multiplying mass with

• The second part deals with the unit-


conversion between SI and US-
customary.
Determine the weight in newtons of a
car whose mass is 1400 kg.
Convert the mass of the car to slugs
and then determine its weight in
pounds.
Sample Problem 1

SOLUTION:
• The mass of the car is given in SI units,
and the weight can be calculated by
multiplying mass with

𝑊 =𝑚𝑔=( 1400 )( 9.81 )=13734 𝑁

• As the mass has four significant


figures, therefore, the weight can be
• The table in the book gives conversion written as
𝑊 =13730 𝑁
as
• The mass of the car can be represented 𝑊 =𝑚𝑔=(95.9) ( 32.2 )=3090 𝑙𝑏
in US-customary units as

𝑚=1400 𝑘𝑔
[ 1 𝑠𝑙𝑢𝑔
14.594 𝑘𝑔]=95.9 𝑠𝑙𝑢𝑔𝑠
Sample Problem 2

SOLUTION:

Determine the magnitude of the


vector sum and the angle which
makes with the positive x-axis.
Complete both graphical and
algebraic solutions.
Sample Problem 2
SOLUTION:

Applying law of cosines on triangle


2 2 2
𝑉 =𝑉 1 +𝑉 2 − 2 ( 𝑉 1 ) ( 𝑉 2 ) cos α
2 2 2
𝑉 =10 +12 − 2 ( 10 ) ( 1 2 ) cos (60+37 )
𝑉 =16.5 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑠
Applying law of sines on triangle
sin ⁡( 60+37) (𝜃¿¿ 𝑥 ¿−37)
=sin ¿¿
16.5 12

sin (𝜃 ¿¿ 𝑥¿−37)=0.72¿¿
−1 °
𝜃 𝑥 =sin ( 0.72)+37=83
Sample Problem 2
SOLUTION:

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