Engineering Mechanics

Force System: Introduction, force, principle of transmissibility of force, resultant of a force system, resolution of a force, moment of force about a line, Varigon’s theorem, couple, resolution of force into force and a couple, properties of couple and their application to engineering problems.

Equilibrium: Force body diagram, equations of equilibrium and their applications to engineering problems, equilibrium of two force and three force members.

Distributed Forces: Determination of center of gravity, center of mass and centroid by direct integration and by the method of composite bodies, mass moment of inertia and area moment of inertia by direct integration and composite bodies method, radius of gyration, parallel axis theorem, polar moment of inertial.

[10Hrs]