Coursecode: wb1110d1

Coursename: statics 1

DUT creditpoints: 3

ECTS creditpoints: 4.5

Faculty of  Mechanical Engineering and Marine Technology

Lecturer(s): Wisse, ir. G.

Tel.:  015-278 2702

Catalog data:

Statics, Force, Moment, Equilibrium, Newton’s laws, Law of gravitation, Mass Centroid, Normal force, Shear force, Bending moment, Law of Archimedes, Coulomb friction, Virtual work

Course year:

1

Period:

0/6/0/0

Hours per week:

6

Other hours:

 

Assessment:

written

Assessm.period:

2, 3

(see academic calendar)

 

Prerequisites:

Follow up: wb1110d2 (Strength of materials)

Detailed description of topics:

Concept of Force, Moment, Action is Reaction, Newton’s laws

Components and resultants of forces in R2 and R3.

Equilibrium in R2 and R3.

Statically and kinematically determinate vs indeterminate structures.
Plane trusses and frames, interaction forces,

Distributed Forces,

Normal force, shear force and bending moments in beams,
Centroids of plane areas,

Flexible Cables (parabolic and catenary cable)

Law of Archimedes for hydrostatic pressures,

Coulomb friction (static as well as kinetic friction),
Vitual Work for equilibrium.

Course material:

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

References from literature:

Remarks (assesment, entry requirements, etc.):

For more details: see "studiewijzer" (in Dutch)

Learning goals:

The student is able to:

  • Understand the basic concepts of force, moment, action is reaction, Newton’s laws in the absence of accelerations (statics) and law of gravitation 
  • Apply the basic concepts, analyse and calculate simple 2D and 3D problems concerning following subjects: force systems, moments, couples
  • Formulate and solve equilibrium equations for 2D and 3D cases
  • Calculate equilibrium, internal forces and reaction forces for statically determinate structures, draw diagrams,
  • Understand and apply distributed forces for equilibrium problems
  • Calculate and draw diagrams of normal force, shear force and bending moment,
  • Calculate the centroid for plane areas,
  • Analyse flexible cables as a type of structural member,
  • Understand and apply fluid statics (law of Archimedes, pressure load on cylinders),
  • Understand and apply the concept of Coulomb friction,
  • Understand the concept of virtual work and apply it to simple equilibrium problems

Computer use:

a test every week.

Laboratory project(s):

Design content:

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