ENGINEERING STATICS AND DYNAMICS

 

CE111                                                                                    No. of hrs/week = 04

                                                                                                No. of credits  = 04

 

1.      Concept of force, force systems, rigid body and particle- Principle of Transmissibility-Free body diagrams.  (4hrs)

2.      Resultant and Equilibrium of Concurrent Coplanar and Non – Concurrent Coplanar Forces- Statically determinate  beams.  (10hrs)

3.      Analysis of Trusses : Analysis of simple trusses by the method of joints and the method of sections.  (5 hrs)

4.      Centroid & Moment of inertia of Plane Figures – Radius of gyration & Polar Moment of Inertia.   (8 hrs)

5.      Friction – Laws of dry friction –Equilibrium of Coplanar force systems with friction – Belt Friction.  (7hrs)

6.      Kinetics of particles - Basic concepts and equations in dynamics, Newton’s Laws of motion; D’Alembert’s principle of Dynamic equilibrium - Kinetics of  motion  along  a  circular  curve, banking & super elevation.  (7hrs)

7.      Work-Power- Energy-  Definition and  Units –Work Energy equation  for rectilinear translation.  (5hrs)

8.      Impulse and momentum – Relation between Linear Impulse and momentum – conservation of Linear momentum.  (4hrs)

9.      Impact of Rigid Bodies- Elastic and Inelastic impact – coefficient of restitution-impact forces and loss of energy due to impact. (4hrs)

 

REFERENCES:

 

1.         Ferdinand Singer - Engineering Mechanics - Harper and Row Publishers.

2.         Ferdinand P.Beer and E.R.Johnston (Jr.) – Mechanics for Engineers (Statics & Dynamics) – Mc Graw Hill.

3.         J.L.Merian and L.G Kraige – Engineering Mechanics – Vol 1 & 2 – John Wiley & Sons.

4.         I.H.Shames – Engineering Mechanics – Statics & Dynamics II Edn. (SI Version) – Prentice Hall.

5.         S.P. Timoshenko and D.H. Young – Engineering Mechanics – Mc Graw Hill.