FD5 : MECHANICS

 

1        INTRODUCTION

Introduction to Mechanics, Definitions, Idealisation in Mechanics, Basic Concepts, Fundamentals Principles, System of Units, Dimensional Analysis, Methods of Solution, Vector Algebra, Summary.

 

2        STATICS OF PARTICLES CONCURRENT FORCES IN PLANE

Introduction, Resultant of Forces, Resolution and Components of Force, Resultant of Several Concurrent Forces, Equilibrium of a Partical, Equation of Equilibrium, Application of Statics of Particles, Summary.

 

3        STATICS OF PARTICLES CONCURRENT FORCES IN SPACE

Introduction, Components of Forces in Space, Resultant of Several Concurrent Forces, Equilibrium of a Particle in Space, Application of Statics of Particle, Summary.

 

4        STATICS OF RIGID BODIES - NON – CONCURRENT FORCES IN PLANE

Introduction, Moment of Force about a Point, Varignon’s Theorem, Moment of Couple, Resolution of a Given Force into a Force, Resultant of Coplanar Non-Concurrent System, Application of Statics of Rigid Bodies, Method of Minimum Potential Energy- Stable Equilibrium, Summary.

 

5        STATICS OF RIGID BODIES-NON-CONCURRENT FORCES IN SPACE

Introduction, Moment of Force about a Point, Moment of Force about a Given Axis, Couples in Space, Resolution of Force into Force and Couple, Resultant of Non-concurrent, Non-coplanar System, Equilibrium of Rigid Body in Three Dimensions, Summary.

 

6        FRICTION

Introduction, Characteristics of Dry Friction, Laws of Friction, Angle of Friction, Angle of Repose, Cone of Friction, Applications, Summary.

 

7        CENTROID AND CENTRE OF GRAVITY

Introduction, Centroid of Area, Line and Volume, Centroid of a Line, Centroid of Area, Centroid of Composite Area, Therorems of Pappus and Guldinus, Centroid of Volume,  Centre of Gravity, Centre of Mass, Summary.

 

8        MOMENT OF INTERIA AND MASS MOMENT OF INTERIA

Introduction, Second Moment of Area, Moment of Inertia of Plane Area by Integration, Moment of Inertia of Composite Section, Principle Axes and Principle Moments of Inertia of a Thin Rectangular Plate, Mass Moment of Inertia, Summary.

 

9        SIMPLE STRESSES AND STRAINS SSS-1

General Meaning of Stress , Unit of Stress, Simple Stresses, Strain, Stress Strain Relation, Nominal Stress and True Stress, Behaviour of Materials Under Repeated Loadings, Factor of Safety, Hooke’s Law, Extension/Shortening of a bar, Bars With Cross-Sections Varying in Steps, Bars With Continuously Varying Cross-Sections, Bars Subjected to Varying Loads, Indeterminate Structural Problems, Compounds Bars, Temperature Stresses, Simple Shear, Poisson’s Ratio, Volumetric Strain, Elastic constant, Relationship between Modulus of Elasticity and Modulus of Rigidity, Relationship between Modulus of Elasticity and Bulk Modulus, Strain Energy due to Direct Stresses and Impact Loads, Strain Energy due to Share Stresses.

 

10   SHEAR FORCE AND BENDING MOMENT DIAGRAMS IN STATICALLY DETERMINATE BEAMS SFB-1

Shear Force and Bending Moment, Sign Convention, Relationship between Load Intensity, Shear Force and Bending Moment Diagrams, SF and BMD For Standard Cases, FD and BMD for Beams Subjected to Various Loads, Short Cut Procedure.

 

 

 

 

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