APPL 160 Statics

APPL 160: Statics

Text: Engineering Mechanics: Statics, 10th Ed (RC Hibbeler)

Suggested supplements: Schaum Outline: Statics, Engineering Mechanics, etc (these are available on line from the library website)

All exams: (3-4 problems) open book (Hibbeler only) and open notes (only your own)
Grades: approximately 25% hw problems, 45% exams, 30% final

week of chapter topics, main themes covered in lectures problems due Thursday 5pm

Jan 14 1-3 Review vectors and force equilibria 2.6, 21, 38, 39 (not graded)

Jan 21 3, 4 Free body diagrams, Force resultants 2.61, 73, 89, 120

Jan 28 4 Moments, two-dimensional equilibria at points 3.8, 32, 48, 4.19

Feb 4 4, 5
Rigid body equilibria 4.30, 44, 88, 140
Feb 6 1-2 Exam 1

Feb 11 5 More equilibria 4.155, 5.5, 12, 25

Feb 18 6 Trusses in two dimensions 5.42, 73, 82, 6.3

Feb 20 3-4 Exam 2

Feb 25 6 Trusses, Frames and Machines 6.32, 37, 83, 95

Mar 3 6, 7 Frames, three dimensional trusses 6.100, 120, 7.6, 37

Mar 5 5 Exam 3

Mar 10 7 hiking & fishing break

Mar 17 7 Internal forces, Shear and Bending Moments 7.53, 60, 70, 119

Mar 24 8 Friction & Centroids 8.10, 15, 63, 69

Mar 26 6 Exam 4

Mar 31 9 More centroids, Fluids & dams 9.9, 28, 40, 59

Apr 7 Centroids & Fluids 9.85, 98, 110, 116

Apr 9 7, 8 Exam 5

Apr 14 10 Moments of inertia

Apr 21 Mass moments of inertia 10.14, 15, 80, 103

May 2 Final

Solving engineering and physics problems is a creative activity at its best, not a rote process of following instructions

week of	chapter	topics, main themes covered in lectures	problems due Thursday 5pm
Jan 14	1-3	Review vectors and force equilibria	2.6, 21, 38, 39 (not graded)
Jan 21	3, 4	Free body diagrams, Force resultants	2.61, 73, 89, 120
Jan 28	4	Moments, two-dimensional equilibria at points	3.8, 32, 48, 4.19
Feb 4	4, 5	Rigid body equilibria	4.30, 44, 88, 140
Feb 6	1-2	Exam 1
Feb 11	5	More equilibria	4.155, 5.5, 12, 25
Feb 18	6	Trusses in two dimensions	5.42, 73, 82, 6.3
Feb 20	3-4	Exam 2
Feb 25	6	Trusses, Frames and Machines	6.32, 37, 83, 95
Mar 3	6, 7	Frames, three dimensional trusses	6.100, 120, 7.6, 37
Mar 5	5	Exam 3
Mar 10	7	hiking & fishing	break
Mar 17	7	Internal forces, Shear and Bending Moments	7.53, 60, 70, 119
Mar 24	8	Friction & Centroids	8.10, 15, 63, 69
Mar 26	6	Exam 4
Mar 31	9	More centroids, Fluids & dams	9.9, 28, 40, 59
Apr 7		Centroids & Fluids	9.85, 98, 110, 116
Apr 9	7, 8	Exam 5
Apr 14	10	Moments of inertia
Apr 21		Mass moments of inertia	10.14, 15, 80, 103
May 2		Final