Engr 210 - Engineering Statics

Syllabus for Engr 210

Text: Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Statics by Beer & Johnston, 6th edition, McGraw-Hill.

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Class

Date Topic Reading Assignment
1 Jan 15 Introduction 1.1-1.6, 2.1-2.8 Solutions
2 Jan 17 Addition and Resolution of Forces 2.9-2.11 2.5, 16, 25
Jan 20 Human Rights Day    
3   Jan 22 Equilibrium of a Particle 2.12-2.14 2.45, 50, 59
4 Jan 24 Forces in Space 2.15 2.71, 82, 85
5 Jan 27 Equilibrium in Space 3.1-3.8 2.103, 108, 113
6 Jan 29 Vector Product, Moment of a Force about a Point 3.9-3.11 3.1, 10, 21
7 Jan 31 Scalar Product, Moment of a Force about an Axis 3.12-3.16 3.37, 48, 57
8 Feb 3 Couples 3.17-3.20 3.71, 83, 87
9 Feb 5 Equivalent Systems of Forces 4.1-4.4 3.104, 110, 121
10 Feb 7 Review    
11 Feb 10 Exam #1 Chpts 1, 2 & 3, Old Exam  
12 Feb 12 Equilibrium in Two Dimensions 4.1-4.5 4.1, 12, 15
13 Feb 14 Equilibrium in Two Dimensions 4.6-4.7 4.31, 36, 45
Feb 17 President's Day    
14 Feb 19 Two- and Three-Force Bodies 4.8-4.9 4.61, 75, 76i
15 Feb 21 Equilibrium in Three Dimensions 4.8-4.9 4.93, 97, 105
16 Feb 24 Equilibrium in Three Dimensions 5.1-5.5 4.123, 133, 135
17 Feb 26 Centroids and First Moments 5.6-5.7 5.1, 10, 27
18 Feb 28 Centroids by Integration 5.8-5.9 5.42, 47, 59
19 Mar 3 Beams & Submerged Surfaces 5.10-5.12 5.78, 86, 88
20 Mar 5 Centroids of Volumes 6.1-6.5 5.110, 112, 118
21 Mar 7 Review    
22 Mar 10 Exam# 2 Chapts 4-5 Old Exam  
23 Mar 12 Trusses-Method of Joints 6.1-6.5 6.4, 8, 32
24 Mar 14 Trusses-Method of Joints 6.7-6.8  
Mar 17-21 Spring Recess    
25 Mar 24 Trusses-Method of Sections 6.9-6.11 6.44, 53, 62
26 Mar 26 Analysis of Frames 6.12 6.92, 100, 109
27 Mar 28 Analysis of Machines 7.1-7.2 6.139, 148, 152
28 Mar 31 Internal Forces in Members 7.3-5 7.7, 17, 23
29 Apr 2 Beams 7.6 7.30, 42, 52 
30 Apr 4 Beams 8.1-8.4 7.70, 77, 83
31 Apr 7 Review    
32 Apr 9 Exam #3 Chapts 6-7 Old Exam  
33 Apr 11 Laws of Friction 8.1-8.4 8.7, 16, 60
34 Apr 14 Laws of Friction 8.5-8.6 8.19, 20, 29
35 Apr 16 Wedges and Screws 8.10 8.62, 68, 85
36 Apr 18 Belt Friction 9.1-9.5 8.119, 131, 136
37 Apr 21 Moments of Inertia of Areas 9.6-9.7 9.4, 8, 25
38 Apr 23 Composite Areas 9.8-9.9 9.31, 44, 52
39 Apr 25 Product of Inertia 9.10 9.72, 77, 86
40 Apr 28 Review    
41 Apr 30 Exam #4 Chapt 8-9.9 Old Exam  
42 May 2 Mohr's Circle 9.10 9.92, 98
43 May 5 Mohr's Circle 9.11-9.15 9.102, 104
44 May 7 Moments of Inertia of Masses 9.16-9.17 9.111, 120, 135
45 May 9 Parallel Axis Theorem 9.16-9.17 9.151, 155, 167
  May 15 Final Exam - 7:00 P.M. Sample Problem 1, Sample Problem 2,

The reading assignments should be completed before each lecture.

Homework is due on the dates shown.