Catalog Course
Description:
Analysis of force and moment systems for
static equilibrium of trusses, frames, beams, cables and machines; friction
forces and friction machines; hydrostatic forces; first and second area and
mass moments and centers of gravity; potential energy and virtual work,
buoyancy and floating-body stability including metacentric height concepts.
Instructors:
Drs M. Arockiasamy (for statics) and P. Ananthakrishnan (for buoyancy).
Office:
176 Engineering Building (Bldg. 36)
Tel. 297-3463, email:
ananth@oe.fau.edu.
Class Room:
Engineering Building (Bldg. 36), Room 162
Class Hours:
W F 12:00-2:00 PM
Office Hours:
M 12:00-2:00 PM; F 4:00-6:00 PM; (other times by appointment)
Teaching Assistant:
TBA
TA Hour:
M 10:00-12:00 PM
Prerequisites:
MAC 2313; PHY 2048, 2048L; Co-requisite: EGS 1111
Text Book:
Distribution of Grade:
* Course grade based on absolute score: 100 < A < 90; 89 < B < 80;
79 < C < 70; 69 < D < 60; F < 59
* A grade of C or above in this course is a required for registering in
later courses and for graduation.
Course Outline:
Equilibrium of a particle; free-body diagram; analysis of co-planar
and three-dimensional force systems.
Resultant of forces; moment of forces and couple; equivalent system;
reduction of distributed loading.
Equilibrium of a rigid body; equations of rigid-body equilibrium;
analysis of equilibrium in two- and three-dimensions.
Analysis of trusses and frames; method of joints;
elementary structural analysis; cables.
Friction; modeling of dry friction; frictional forces in belts,
wedges etc.
Center of gravity and centroid; center of gravity of sytem of
particles, a body and composite bodies; theorems of Pappus and Guldinus.
Moments of inertia; parallel-axis theorem; moments of inertia of
composite areas; product of inertia; mass moment of inertia.
Work and potential energy; conservative forces; concept of virtual
work.
Hydrostatic pressure; hydrostatic forces on plane
and curved
surfaces; hydrostatic force on a body; buoyancy; Archimedes principle;
metacenter; stability of floating and submerged bodies.
Some Important Dates:
Engineering Mechanics - Statics by R. C. Hibbeler, Prentice-Hall.
1. Homework, [10%]
2. Test 1, 28 January 2000, 12:00 -- 1:30 PM, [15%]
3. Test 2, 01 March 2000, 12:00 -- 1:30 PM, [20%]
4. Test 3, 12 April 2000, 12:00 -- 1:30 PM, [25%]
5. Final Examination, 28 April 2000, 10:30 -- 1:00 PM, [30%]
* All tests and examinations will cover material from the beginning to that
covered just prior to the test; i.e. all tests are comprehensive.
Review of Newton's laws of motion; scalars and vectors; force vectors;
addition, dot and cross products of vectors.
Last day to register/add/drop: 14 January 2000
Last day to drop without receiving a W (fee liable): 04 February 2000
Last day to drop without receiving a F (fee liable): 03 March 2000
Last updated: 09/Jan/2000