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.
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.
- 6. Solve for unknown forces acting on a particle in equilibrium.
- 5. Sketch the free-body diagram of 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.
- 6. Solve for unknown forces acting on a particle in equilibrium.
- 5. Sketch the free-body diagram of 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.