Engineering Mechanics Syllabus

Engineering Mechanics Syllabus

  1. Statics

    • Basic Concepts: Force systems, moments, and couples.
    • Equilibrium: Conditions for equilibrium, free-body diagrams, and equilibrium of rigid bodies.
    • Structures: Analysis of trusses, frames, and machines.
    • Distributed Forces: Centroids and centers of gravity.
    • Friction: Laws of dry friction, applications to wedges, screws, and belts.
    • Virtual Work: Principle of virtual work and its applications.

  2. Dynamics

    • Kinematics of Particles: Rectilinear and curvilinear motion, relative motion.
    • Kinetics of Particles: Newton’s second law, work-energy principle, impulse and momentum.
    • Kinematics of Rigid Bodies: Rotation, translation, and general plane motion.
    • Kinetics of Rigid Bodies: Equations of motion, work-energy, impulse-momentum, and conservation principles.
    • Vibrations: Free and forced vibrations of single-degree-of-freedom systems.

  3. Additional Topics

    • Center of Gravity and Moment of Inertia: Calculation methods, parallel axis theorem, and applications.
    • Energy Methods: Potential energy, stability, and applications of energy methods in mechanics.

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