Coursecode: wb1111mt

Coursename: statics 1

Course changed. See wb1114

ECTS creditpoints: 4

Faculty of  Mechanical Engineering and Marine Technology

Lecturer(s): Paraschiv, I.

Tel.:  015-27 86510

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:

BSc 1st year

Period:

1A

Hours per week:

6

Other hours:

Assessment:

written

Assessm.period:

1A, 1B

(see academic calendar)

Prerequisites:

Follow up:

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.): see BLACKBOARD

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,

·            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:

Laboratory project(s):

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