APL100 Mechanics 2nd Semester 2016-17

A. TEXT BOOK FOR THE COURSE

"Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Statics and Dynamics (in SI Units) by Beer, Johnston, Mazurek,
Cornwell and Sanghi: McGraw Hill Education, 10th edition, 20013.
Course Web page: http://web.iitd.ac.in/~pradyum/APL100.html
B. COURSE OUTLINE
Introduction, Kinematics of particles, Cartesian, Cylindrical and Path Co-ordinates. (Chap. 11) -2
Lectures
Kinematics of rigid bodies, Translation and rotation, Relative motion, Three dimensional motion of a
particle relative to rotating frame. (Chap. 15) -3 Lectures
Newtons laws of motion for a system of Particles: Linear and Angular Momentum; Work Energy
Principle; Impulse momentum principles. (Chapter 12,13 and 14) -2 Lectures
The inertia tensor, Definition, Transformation properties, The inertia Ellipsoid, Principal Moments of
Inertia, Examples (Chap. 9) -2 Lectures
Dynamics of rigid bodies, Euler's Equations of motion, Applications and simplifications, Plane motion
of a rigid body, 3-dimensional motion of a rigid body (Chap. 16 & 18) -4 Lectures
Energy consideration for rigid bodies, Work -Energy Principle, Conservation of Energy, Impulse
Momentum method for Rigid Bodies, Application to Impact. (Chap. 17) -3 Lectures
Statics of Particles, Rigid Bodies: Equivalent Systems of Forces. (Chapters 2 and 3)-2 Lectures
Equilibrium of Rigid Bodies; Distributed Forces: Centroids and Centers of Gravity (Chapters 4 and 5)-2
Lectures
Analysis of structures: Trusses, Frames and Machines. Forces in Beams: Shear force and Bending
Moment (Chap. 6&7) -3 Lectures
Frictional forces, Laws of Coulomb friction, Applications to thrust bearing and belt friction. (Chap. 8) -2
Lectures
Introduction to Variational Mechanics, Method of virtual work, Application in statics, Method of
minimum potential energy for conservative systems. (Chap.10) -3 lectures
C. ADDITIONAL REFERENCES
1. Mechanics by P.C. Dumir (Lecture Notes available at Xerox shop near II LT 1)
2. Engineering Mechanics "Statics and Dynamics", Fifth Edition, by J.L. Merium and L.G. Kraige, John
Wiley and Sons (Asia)' Pvt. Ltd. Singapore, 2002.
3. "Engineering Mechanics - Statics and Dynamics" (Fourth Edition), by Irving H.
Shames, Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd. Eastern Economy Edition, 200l.

D. TUTORIALS
Tutorial sheets will be made available online at the course web page. The students should try to solve the
problems and discuss them with the teacher. They should also bring the problem sheets to the tutorials.
E. EVALUATION OF THE COURSE
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Minor 1 & Minor 2 :

20 % each
Major test
:
40 %
Quiz (3 to 4)
:
15 %
Tutorials
:
5 % (The concerned teacher will award these marks on the basis of
tutorial class quiz)
Only one make-up minor test will be scheduled for students who miss either of the minor tests due to
medical reasons. This test will be held towards the end of the semester and syllabus till the date of the test
will be included for the same. It is mandatory for the student to produce a medical certificate from IIT
Delhi hospital for this. The student should also contact the course coordinators either before or
immediately after they miss the test and without this advance information, no request towards the end of
the semester will be considered. Also, no make-up quiz will be conducted
F. PARTICIPATING FACULTY
Lectures: S. Pradyumna,(Room IV 247), Arjun Sharma, (IV 351B)
Tutorials: S. Pradyumna, Arjun Sharma, S.N. Singh, B.P. Patel, Ajeet Kumar, Sushma Santapuri,
Vikrant Tiwari