INGE 3035; Applied Mechanics; Statics & Dynamics

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  • Tomorrow, Wednesday, June 11, 2003: First Quiz

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    Lecture 1

  • Definitions & Fundamental Principles
  • Newton's Laws

    • Lecture 2

  • Unit Systems
  • Numerical Accuracy
  • Vectors & Vectors' Operations
    1. Multiplication by a Scalar
    2. Addition & Substraction

    Lecture 3

  • Coplanar Forces
    1. Resultant of Coplanar Forces

    Lecture 4 (Monday, June 9th)

  • Cartesian Vectors, 3D
    1. Concurrent Forces
    2. Position Vectors

    Lecture 5

  • Cartesian Vectors, 3D
    1. Vectors Directed Along a Line
    2. Dot Product of Vectors

    Lecture 6

  • Equilibrium of a Particle
    1. Coplanar Forces

    Quiz #1

  • Summer sesion: 1.1 to 1.6, 2.1 to 2.11

  • Practice Problems:
    • Go to exercices.

    Lecture 7

  • Equilibrium of a Particle
    1. Forces in Space

    Lecture 8

  • Moment of a Force
    1. Moment in Scalar form
    2. Cross Product
    3. Moment in Vector form
    4. Principle of Transmissibility

    Lecture 9

      First Test

    Sections that will be cover for the first test (Semester sesion)

  • Beer & Johnston: 1.1 to 1.6, 2.1 to 2.15, 3.1 to 3.6

  • Practice Problems:
    • Go to exercices.

    Lectures 10 & 11

  • Moment of a Couple
  • Resultants of a Force and a Couple System
  • Reduction of a Force and a Couple System

    • Lecture 12

  • Rigid Bodies
    1. Conditions for equilibrium
    2. Equilibrium in two dimensions
    3. Free Body Diagrams
    4. Two & three force members
    5. Equations for Equilibrium

    Lecture 13

  • Rigid Bodies
    1. Two & three force members
    2. Equations for Equilibrium
  • Friction

    • Lecture 14

  • Center of Gravity and Centroid
    1. Particle systems
    2. Rigid Bodies
    3. Composite Bodies

    Lecture 15

  • Dynamics
    1. Basic Definitions
    2. Rectilinear motion

    Lecture 16

  • Rectilinear motions
    1. Constant Acceleration
  • Curvilinear motion

    • Lecture 17

  • Proyectil Motion
  • Curvilinear motion
    1. Normal & Tangential Components

    Sections that will be cover for the second test

  • Beer & Johnston: 3.7, 3.8, 3.12-3.18, 4.1-4.4, 4.6, 4.7, 8.1-8.4, 5.1-5.3, 5.5, 5.6, 11.1-11.3, 11.9-11.11, 11.13

  • Practice Problems:
    • Go to exercices.

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