Course description

Statics: Resolution & resultants of forces - 2D & 3D. Moments - 2D & 3D. Equivalent systems. Equilibrium of particles & Free Body Diagrams. Equilibrium, reactions & structure types. 2D Planar Trusses. Internal forces, bending-moment, shear & axial force diagrams. Properties of Area - Centroid & Second Moment of Area. Materials - Introduction to Stress-Strain, Yield Stress, Young's Modulus, Engineers Theory of Bending. Dynamics: Motion of a point - straight line & curvilinear. Kinetics. Energy Methods. Momentum Methods. Moments of Inertia. Application of rotation inertia.

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