This course provides,
• Knowledge on vector quantities and plane force systems,
• Concept of equivalent force systems,
• Basic principles of mechanics of rigid bodies,
• Idealization of support systems and formulations for calculating support reactions,
• Procedures for sketching free-body diagrams,
• Static equilibrium conditions of a point and a rigid body,
• Principles and procedures on analysis of plane truss systems and beams,
• Definitions and formulations for calculating the centroid and moment of inertia of a section,
• Basic principles of mechanics of deformable bodies,
• Theory of elasticity, stress and strain,
• Behaviour of axially loaded members and statically indeterminate systems composed of
axially deformable members,
• Theory and assumptions of pure bending and calculation procedures for axial stresses due
to bending,
• Principles and theory for average shear stress and shear stress distribution,
• Methods and theories for deflection of beams