Statics
BI BM BN BEC
L Soste and D Nag
4 points * 26 lecture hours, 26 tutorial hours * First semester * Gippsland/Distance * Prerequisites: Admission to the Bachelor of Engineering course
Resolution of forces, conditions for static equilibrium and statical determinancy. Free body diagrams. Calculation of forces in trusses, frames and machines. Shear force and bending moments in beams. Properties of areas - centroid, second moment of area, Mohr's circle.
Assessment
Examinations: 60% * Assignments: 40%
Prescribed texts
Beer F P and Johnston E R Vector mechanics for engineers: Statics 2nd edn, McGraw-Hill, 1988
Recommended text
Riley W F and Sturges L D Engineering mechanics: Statics Wiley, 1993