Al al-Bayt University
Faculty of Engineering

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Engineering Department

Course Title: Engineering Mechanics (Statics and Dynamics)

Course Level: 2nd year students.

Course Number:706212

Credit Hours: 3

Course Description:

This course introduces the concepts of engineering based on forces in equilibrium. Topics include concentrated forces, distributed forces, forces due to friction, and inertia as they apply to machines, structures, and systems.

Course Objective:

To give the students an introduction to engineering mechanics with an emphasis on engineering problem solving and the synthesis of calculus and physics.

To introduce students to basic concepts of forces, couples, moments in two dimensions and stress-strain relation.

To develop analytical skills relevant to forces and momentum calculation.

The course will introduce the principle of Dynamics and establish its relevance in civil engineering.

Students completing this course should have the tools necessary for analysis of field problems in Statics and Dynamics.

Course Outline:

  • Force Vectors
  • Equilibrium of a particle
  • Equilibrium of a Rigid Body
  • Center of Gravity and Centroid
  • Kinematics and kinetics of a particle
  • Vibrations

Course Content:

Week / Subject
1 / General Principles
2 / Force Vectors
3 / Equilibrium of a particle.
4 / Force System Resultants
5&6 / Equilibrium of a Rigid Body.
7 / Center of Gravity and Centroid.
8 / Kinematics of a particle
9&10 / Kinetics of a Particle: Force, Acceleration, Work, Energy, Impulse and Momentum.
11 / Planar Kinematics of a Rigid Body
12&13 / Planar Kinetics of a Rigid Body: Force, Acceleration, Work, Energy, Impulse and Momentum.
14 / Vibrations

Course Outcomes:

  • Students will be able to draw complete free-body diagrams and write appropriate equilibrium equations from the free-body diagram, including the support reactions on a structure.
  • Describe position, forces, and moments in terms of vector forms in two and three dimensions.
  • Students will be able to calculate moments, centers of mass, and forces for particular structures.
  • Identify principles of Newton's laws, work-energy, impulse-momentum, and conservation laws to solutions of simple two-dimensional dynamics problems.

Exams and Grading Policy:

Two in-semester exams, 20% each = 40

Final examination, 50%= 50

Quizzes, 10% = 10

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TOTAL 100 points

Teaching Strategies

A variety of learning methods will be used including the following:

  • Lecture, explanation, and readings
  • In-class discussion and cooperative learning activities
  • Solve problems

Quizzes & Homework

Text Book:

Engineering Mechanics: Statics and Dynamics, 13th edition, R.C.Hibbeler, 2013.

Reference:

Introduction to Statics and Dynamics, Andy Ruina and RudraPratap, Oxford University Press, 2013.