Engineering Mechanics

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Course Syllabus
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Subject
Course:
Engineering Mechanics (CE1101)
Grads: Assignments 05%
Quizzes
15%
Midterm exam20%
Final exam
40%
Lab Work
20%
Tutor: Engr.Muhammad Umar Farooq
Office Hour: Monday 08:00 02:00
Tuesday 08:00 02:00
Wednesday 08:00 02:00
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Instructional Objectives
Upon completion you would be able to:

Analyze forces and fined out the resultant forces in

two and three dimension

Differentiate between various type of supports and

draw free-body-diagram

Compute the reaction force, internal forces and

bending moment at a specific point on a simple
structure (beam, truss)

Draw bending moment and shear force diagram to a

simple structure.
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Instructional Objectives

Continued . . .

Obtain center of gravity and centroid for different

engineering shapes & moment of inertia for different
sections
Detect fluid pressure at a certain point
Manipulate Newtons laws of motion
Identify vibration force with & without damping

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Course Outline

Introduction to Statics
Force System
Two dimensional system
Three dimensional system

Equilibriums
In two dimension
In three dimension

Structural Analysis
Trusses
Beams
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Centre of Gravity & Centroid

Moment of Inertia

Friction

Virtual work

Fluid Statics

Continued . . .

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Course Materials

Lecture notes
Power points slides
Handout sheets

Textbooks
Engineering Mechanics: Statics 6th edition
by J.L. Meriam & L.G. Kraige
Engineering Mechanics: Statics & Dynamics
12th edition. By R. C. Hibbeler
Statics and strength of material 3rd edition
by
M. Bassin, S. Brodsky & H. Wolkoff
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Introduction to Civil Engineering

What is Civil Engineering?

Professional
engineering deals with
the design, analysis,
construction and
maintenance of
physical and natural
built environment.

Civil
Engineering
Structures

Water
Resources

GeoTechnical

Design

Analysis

Construction
Maintenance

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Introduction to Mechanics

What is mechanics?
Physical science deals
with the state of rest or
motion of bodies under
the action of force

Mechanics
Statics

Dynamics
Kinematics

Why we study mechanics?

This science form the
groundwork for further
study in the design and
analysis of structures

Kinetics

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Basic Terms

Essential basic terms to be understood

Statics: dealing with the equilibrium of a rigidbody at rest
Rigid body: the relative movement between its
parts are negligible
Dynamics: dealing with a rigid-body in motion
Length: applied to the linear dimension of a
strait line or curved line
Area: the two dimensional size of shape or
surface
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Basic Terms

Continued . . .

Essential basic terms to be understood

Volume: the three dimensional size of the space
occupied by substance
Force: the action of one body on another
whether its a push or a pull force
Mass: the amount of matter in a body
Weight: the force with which a body is attracted
toward the centre of the Earth
Particle: a body of negligible dimension
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Units of Measurement

Four fundamental quantities in mechanics

Mass

Length

Time

Force

Two different systems of units we dealing with

during the course
U.S. Customary or British System of Units (FPS)
Length in feet (ft)
Time in Seconds (sec)
Force in Pounds (lb)

International System of Units or Metric Units (SI)

Length in metre (m)
Time in Seconds (s)
Force in Newton (N)
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Units of Measurement

Continued . . .

Summery of the four fundamental quantities

in the two system
US Units
Symbol

Unit

SI Units
Symbol

Unit

Quantity

slug

kg

kilogram

Mass

ft

foot

meter

Length

sec

second

second

Time

lb

pound

newton

Force
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Units of Measurement

Continued . . .

Metric System (SI)

SI System offers major advantages relative to the
FPS system
Widely used throughout the world
Use one basic unit for length meter; while FPS uses
many basic units inch, foot, yard, mile
SI based on multiples of 10, which makes it easier to
use & learn whereas FPS is complicated, for example
SI system 1 meter = 100 centimeters, 1 kilometer = 1000
meters, etc
FPS system 1 foot = 12 inches, 1 yard = 3 feet, 1 mile =
5280 feet, etc

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Units of Measurement

Continued . . .

Metric System (SI)

Newtons second law F = m.a
Thus the force (N) = mass (kg) acceleration (m/s2)

Therefore 1 newton is the force applied to 1 kg

mass to give it an acceleration of 1 m/s2

U.S. Customary System (FPS)

Force (lb) = mass (slugs) acceleration (ft/sec2 )
Thus (slugs) = lb.sec2/ft

Therefore 1 slug is the mass which is given an

acceleration of 1 ft/sec2 when acted upon by a
force of 1 lb
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Units of Measurement

Continued . . .

Conversion of Units
Converting from one system of unit to another;
SI

Equals

FPS

Quantity

4.448 N

1 lb

Force

14.593 kg

1 slug

Mass

0.304 m

1 ft

Length

The standard value of g (gravitational acceleration)

SI units g = 9.806 m/s2
FPS units g = 32.174 ft/sec2

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Mathematics Required

The followings are the mathematics skills that

are important for this module:
Quadratic equations
Simultaneous equations
Trigonometry functions of a right angle triangle
sine and cosine rules

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Mathematics Required

continued

Quadratic equations

The equation has the standard form as follows

(1.1)
The standard solution to this equation is
(1.2)
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Mathematics Required

continued

Example 1
Solve for x in the equation 5x2 + 12x 2 = 0.
Comparing equation 1.1 above, and substitute a=5, b=12 and c= 2
:into equation 1.2, the solution is

= +0.156 or -2.56

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Mathematics Required

continued

Simultaneous equations

The equation has two unknowns x and y in the form of

(1.3)
(1.4)
Example 2
Find the values of x and y satisfying the following equations
4x+3y+10 =0
(1)
20x+30y+5 =0
(2)
There are two methods of solving these equations
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Mathematics Required

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Method of substitution

We can start by expressing x in terms of y, or y in terms of x.

Let us choose to express x in terms of y, from (1)
(3)
Substituting (3) into (2), yielding
)+30y+5 = 0
-15y-50+30y+5 = 0
15y-45 = 0
y=3
To find x , substitute value of y in (3)
x=
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Mathematics Required

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Method of elimination
This method looks for a way to eliminate one of the
unknowns.
This can be done by making the constant factor of that
unknown same in both the equations by multiplying or
dividing the one equation by a selected constant.
Do example by your own.

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Mathematics Required

continued

Trigonometry functions of a right angle triangle

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Mathematics Required

continued

Sine and cosine rules

For triangles that are not right angle triangle,
following two rules are very important:
cosine rule
a2= b2+c2-2bc Cos
b2=c2+a2-2ac Cos
c2=a2+b2-2ab Cos
sine rule

C
b

If = 900 then cosine law will be

a2 =b2+c2 (Pythagoras theorem)
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Mathematics Required

continued

Geometry
Some of the basic rules are shown below:
Sum of supplementary angles is 1800

If a straight line intersect two parallel lines, then

their alternate angles are equal.
,

Concept of similar triangles

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