COURSE
DESCRIPTION Revised:
01-Nov.-99
Course: MET 111 -
Applied Statics
Catalog Data: 3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours 3
Credit Hours
Prerequisites:
MATH 153
Corequisites:
MATH 154
A study of force systems, resultants and equilibrium, trusses, frames, centroids of areas, and center of gravity of bodies.
Offerings: Fall and/or Spring
Textbook: Statics and Strength of
Materials ,
Second Edition, by Fa-Hwa Cheng
Other Required A scientific calculator is required.
Materials:
Course Robert E. Tharp, Associate
Professor of Mechanical
Coordinator: Engineering Technology [CNC1]
Learning Objectives
1. Students can use the International System Of Units (SI) and the U.
S. Customary System of Units.
2. Students can apply the parallelogram law
to determine the resultant of two forces.
3. Students can resolve a force into two
components using the parallelogram law.
4. Students can resolve two or more forces into x and y components and
determine the resultant of the forces by summing the components.
5. Students can determine the unknown forces acting on a particle in
equilibrium by applying the equilibrium equations.
6. Students can determine the resultant of three or more space forces
by summing their rectangular components.
7. Students can determine the three unknown forces acting on a particle
in space, that is in equilibrium, by applying the equilibrium equations.
8. Students can apply the principle of the
transmissibility of forces.
9. Students can apply Varigon's Theorem.
10. Students can determine the moment of a
couple.
11. Students can determine the resultant of a
non‑concurrent coplanar force system.
12. Students can construct free‑body
diagrams.
13. Students can apply the equilibrium equations to free‑body
diagrams to determine unknown forces.
14. Students can determine the center of
gravity of a two‑dimensional body.
15. Students can determine the support
reactions of beams supporting distributed loads.
16. Students can use the method of joints and the method of sections to
determine the load in each truss member.
17. Students can determine
the forces acting in frames and machines.
18. Students can determine the
force required to place a system of wedges in equilibrium by applying the laws
of dry friction and the angle of friction.
19. Students can determine the
moment of inertia of an area.
20. Students can determine the
radius of gyration of an area.
Tentative Course Outline
Topics
1.
Orientation
and Mathematics Review
2.
Statics
of Particles
3.
Moments
and Couples
4.
Three
Equations of Equilibrium
5.
Free-Body
Diagrams
6.
Two-Force
Members
7.
Pulleys
8.
Coplanar
Concurrent Force Systems
9.
Coplanar
Parallel Force Systems
10. Coplanar Nonconcurrent Force Systems
11. Method of Joints
12. Method of Sections
13. Resultant of Three Dimensional Parallel Forces
14. Equilibrium of Three Dimensional Parallel Forces
15. Components and Resultants of Forces in Space
16. Equilibrium in Three Dimensions
17. Friction Laws for Dry Surfaces
18. Coefficients of Friction
19. Angle of Friction
20. Centroids of Simple Areas
21. Moment of Inertia of an Area
22. Parallel Axis Theorem
23. Moment of Inertia of Composite Areas
24. Radius of Gyration
Computer
Usage: Students will be encouraged
to use a statics tutorial developed by Professor
Jack E. Zecher to supplement assigned homework problems.
Laboratory Projects: None
Prepared by:
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