Engineering Mechanics: Statics
Forces, moments and equilibrium of particles, rigid bodies, trusses and frames.
ENGG-130 Year 1 3 credits 5 lessons · 3 h 31 min
Offered by HSM University · Engineering Core
This is the American version of this course. See the Canadian version.
What you'll learn
- Resolve forces into components and find resultants in two and three dimensions
- Draw free-body diagrams and apply equilibrium equations to particles and rigid bodies
- Calculate moments of forces and couples, and reduce force systems to simpler equivalents
- Find support reactions for beams, booms and frames, and judge statical determinacy
- Analyze trusses by the method of joints and method of sections
Course content
5 lessons · 3 h 31 min total · final exam
- 1 Forces and vectors 45 min · quiz
- 2 Equilibrium of a particle 40 min · quiz
- 3 Moments and couples 46 min · quiz
- 4 Rigid-body equilibrium 41 min · quiz
- 5 Trusses 39 min · quiz
- E Final exam 10 questions
Requirements
Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.
Description
Forces, moments and equilibrium of particles, rigid bodies, trusses and frames.
Part of the Engineering stream, typically taken in year 1.