ENES-120 Statics

Students will study the equilibrium of stationary bodies under the influence of various kinds of forces. Topics studied include: forces, moments, couples, equilibrium, frames and machines, centroids, moment of inertia, and friction. Vector and scalar methods are used to solve problems.

Credits

Prerequisite

PHYS-110. Pre- or corequisite: MATH-182

Hours Weekly

2 hours lecture, 2 hours recitation weekly

Course Objectives

1. Convert engineering data between the FPS and SI system of units.
2. Express a given force in Cartesian vector form.
3. Compute the resultant of coplanar forces.
4. Determine the components of a position vector.
5. Sketch the free-body diagram of a particle in equilibrium.
6. Solve for unknown forces acting on a particle in equilibrium.
7. Determine the moment of a force.
8. Apply the principle of Moments.
9. Calculate the magnitude and direction of a moment of a couple.
10. Replace a system of forces and couples with a single force and a couple.
11. Compute the magnitude of the resultant of a distributed loading.
12. Sketch the free-body diagram of a rigid body in equilibrium.
13. Solve for unknown forces acting on a rigid body.
14. Determine the forces in members of a simple truss.
15. Determine the forces in members of frames and machines.
16. Calculate the forces acting on wedges and screws.
17. Solve for the forces acting in flat belts.
18. Locate the centroid of areas and volume.
19. Computer surface areas of revolution.
20. Computer volumes of revolution.
21. Compute moments of inertia for areas.

Course Objectives

1. Convert engineering data between the FPS and SI system of units.
2. Express a given force in Cartesian vector form.
3. Compute the resultant of coplanar forces.
4. Determine the components of a position vector.
5. Sketch the free-body diagram of a particle in equilibrium.
6. Solve for unknown forces acting on a particle in equilibrium.
7. Determine the moment of a force.
8. Apply the principle of Moments.
9. Calculate the magnitude and direction of a moment of a couple.
10. Replace a system of forces and couples with a single force and a couple.
11. Compute the magnitude of the resultant of a distributed loading.
12. Sketch the free-body diagram of a rigid body in equilibrium.
13. Solve for unknown forces acting on a rigid body.
14. Determine the forces in members of a simple truss.
15. Determine the forces in members of frames and machines.
16. Calculate the forces acting on wedges and screws.
17. Solve for the forces acting in flat belts.
18. Locate the centroid of areas and volume.
19. Computer surface areas of revolution.
20. Computer volumes of revolution.
21. Compute moments of inertia for areas.