Engineering Mechanics is a theoretical fundamental course for engineering specialties. This course is to provide a clear and thorough presentation of the theory and application of engineering mechanics. It has the following features:
1) Present the concepts, principles and the illustrative examples in a logical and orderly manner. Often the typical example problems include several solutions or give the clues of several solutions. The relationship between various principles is thoroughly analyzed and how to choose the best principle for solving a given problem is discussed.
2) Continuously emphasize the importance of communicating solutions through diagrams, including free-body diagram, kinematic diagram, kinetic diagram and the impulse and momentum diagram.
It is hoped that the course can help build students’ strong conceptual understanding of the basic principles and develop the ability to apply these principles for successfully solving mechanics problems.
1. Let students have the knowledge of creating idealized models, drawing free-body diagrams, applying equations of equilibrium or equations of motion for a particle, a system of particles, a rigid body and a system of rigid bodies. Understand the basic principles of analysis and designs of structural members.
2. Master the fundamental concepts and calculations which will be widely used in the further study of other courses of mechanics and professional courses.
3. Improve the students’ professional abilities through the training of problem-solving.
4. Promote the students’ capacity of all aspects, including creativity, communication ability, cooperating spirits, leadership, etc.
Week 1 Lesson 1
Chapter 1 Introduction
2.1 Scalars and vectors and Vector operations
2.2 Cartesian vectors
2.3 Position vectors and Force vector directed along a line
2.4 Dot product
Assignment for Lesson 1
Week 1 Lesson 2
Chapter 3 Equilibrium problems of a particle
Review of Chapter 1-3
4.1 Moment of a force-scalar formulation
4.2 Cross product
Assignment for Lesson 2
Test of Chapter 1-3.
Week 2 Lesson 3
4.3 Moment of a force-vector formulation
4.4 Moment of a force about a specified axis
Assignment for Lesson 3
Week 2 Lesson 4
4.5 Moment of a couple
4.6 Simplification of a system of Forces and Couples
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Assignment for Lesson 4
Week 3 Lesson 5
4.7 Reduction of a Simple Distributed Loading
4.8 Center of Gravity and Centroid
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Assignment for Lesson 5
Week 3 Lesson 6
Review of Chapter 4
5.1 Conditions for rigid-body equilibrium
5.2 Support Reactions in 2-D
5.3 Free-body diagrams
5.4 Two force members
Assignment for lesson 6
Test of Chapter 4.
Week 4 Lesson 7
5.5 Equilibrium problems in 2-D
5.6 Support reactions in 3-D
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Assignment for lesson 7
Week 4 Lesson 8
5.7 Equilibrium problems in 3-D
5.8 Constrains and statical determinacy
Assignment for lesson 8
Week 5 Lesson 9
5.9 Simple trusses
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Assignment for lesson 9
Week 5 Lesson 10
5.10 Frames and machines
Review of Chapter 5
Test for Chapter 5
Assignment for lesson 10
Week 6 Lesson 11
6.1 Characteristics of dry friction
6.2 Problems involving dry friction
6.3 Rolling resistance
Feedback for written assignment-8 and 9
Assignment for lesson 11
Week 6 Lesson 12
Review of Chapter 6
7.1 General continuous motion of a particle
7.2 Curvilinear motion: rectangular components
7.3 Curvilinear motion: normal and tangential components
Assignment for lesson 12
Test for Chapter 6
Week 7 Lesson 13
7.4 Absolute dependent motion analysis of particles
7.5 Relative motion of two particles using translating axes
Typical example in Lesson 13
Typical Problem in Test of Chapter 5
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Assignment for lesson 13
Week 7 Lesson 14
Review of Chapter 7
8.1 Planar rigid-body motion
8.2 Translation
8.3 Rotation about a fixed axis
Part of courseware
Assignment for lesson 14
Test for Chapter 7
Week 8 Lesson 15
8.4 Absolute Dependent Motion Analysis of Bodies
8.5 General plane motion:relative-motion analysis of velocity
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Part of courseware
Typical Problem in Test of Chapter 6
Assignment for lesson 15
Week 8 Lesson 16
8.6 Instantaneous Center of Zero Velocity
8.7 General plane motion:relative-motion analysis of acceleration (1)
Typical example in Lesson 16
Assignment for Lesson 16
Week 9 Lesson 17
Review of Chapter 8
Typical example in lesson 17
Typical Problem in Test of Chapter 7
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Test of Chapter 8
Assignment for lesson 17
Week 9 Lesson 18
9.1 Newton’s second law of motion
9.2 Equation of motion for a particle
Typical example in lesson 18
Assignment for lesson 18
Week 10 Lesson 19
9.3 Equation of motion for a system of particles
9.4 Mass moment of inertia
Typical example in lesson 19
Assignment for Lesson 19
Week 10 Lesson 20
9.5.1 Planar kinetic equations of motion
9.5.2 Equations of motion: translation
9.5.3 Equations of motion: rotation about a fixed axis
Part of courseware
Feedback for written assignment-16 and 17
Assignment for Lesson 20
Week 11 Lesson 21
9.5.4 Equations of motion: general plane motion
Part of courseware
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Assignment for Lesson 21
Week 11 Lesson 22
Review of Chapter 9
10.1 Work and power
Part of courseware
Typical Problem in Test of Chapter 8
Assignment for Lesson 22
Test of Chapter 9
Week 12 Lesson 23
10.2 Kinetic energy
10.3.1 Principle of work and energy for a particle
10.3.2 Principle of work and energy for a system of particles
10.3.3 Principle of work and energy for rigid bodies in plane motion
Typical example in lesson 23
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Assignment for Lesson 23
Week 12 Lesson 24
10.4 Conservative forces and conservation of energy
Review of Chapter 10
Part of courseware
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Assignment for Lesson 24
Test of Chapter 10
Advanced Mathematic
College Physics
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