Coursecode: wb1100 - wb1103
Coursename: Statics / Strength of materials / Dynamics

Courses are renewed. See wb1106, wb1107, wb1108

DUT creditpoints: 7
ECTS creditpoints: 11

Subfaculty of Mechanical Engineering and Marine Technology

Lecturer(s): Paraschiv, I.

Tel.: 015-2782704

Catalog data:
Statics, dynamics, strain, stress, kinematics

Courseyear: 1
Semester: 4/4/0/4/4
Hours p/w: 4
Other hours: 4
Assessment: Written
Assessm.period(s): 1-6
(see academic calendar)

Prerequisites: VWO

Follow up: wb1205, wb1204

Detailed description of topics:

  • wb1106 - statics
    Components and resultants of forces in R2 and R3. Equilibrium in R2 and R3. Statically determinate vs statically indeterminate structures. Plane trusses and frames. Centroids and moments of inertia of plane areas. Normal force, shear force and bending moments in beams.

  • wb1107 - Strength of materials
    Statically determinate or indeterminate structures under external loads, temperature changes and pre-stress; strain energy. Torsion of statically determinate structures; transmission of power by shafts; strain energy. Bending, shearing and normal stresses in beams; composite structures. Deflections of statically determinate or indeterminate structures. The elastica or deflection curve; superposition using tables of beam deflections ("vergeet-mij-nietjes").

  • wb1108 - Dynamics
    Kinematics, rectilinear and curvilinear motions in R2 and R3; rectangular and polar coordinates, relative motions, constraints.Dynamics of a particle and systems of particles. Newton's Second Law, rectilinear and curvilinear motion, work, energy, momentum and moment of momentum. Vibrations, damped and undamped systems with free or constrained vibrations; energy balance.

Course material:

  • Statics, Volume 1, fourth edition, SI version. J.L. Meriam and L.G. Kraige. ISBN 0-471-24164-4

  • Dynamics, Volume 2, fourth edition, SI version. J.L. Meriam and L.G. Kraige. ISBN 0-471-24167-9

  • Mechanics of Materials, third SI Edition. J.M. Gere and S.P. Timoshenko.

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Remarks (specific information about assesment, entry requirements, etc.):

Examination by computer. For details: see "de studiewijzer"

Goals:

This course "Introduction to Engineering Mechanics" addresses the fundamentals of the theory of statics, mechanics of materials and dynamics. Basic notions and fundamental laws are discussed, and the application to engineering problems is demonstrated. The objective of the course is to provide a basic understanding of and to give a first training in the principles concerning the strength, stiffness and dynamic behaviour of simple structures.

Computer use:
One weekly computertest of one hour

Laboratory project(s):

No laboratory projects

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