BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, RANCHI, INDIA DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

ME 1101 ENGINEERING MECHANICS

1. EQUIVALENT FORCE SYSTEM & EQUILIBRIUM (7) a) Review of vectors, vector representation of forces and moments. b) Principle of statics, laws of mechanics, free body diagram, conditions of equilibrium, Co-planar, Non coplanar and spatial force system, Equivalent forces and moment, Wrench

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STRUCTURAL MECHANICS (8) a) Analysis of plane trusses by method of joints and by method of sections, Analysis of plane frames with hinged joints. b) Analysis of parabolic suspension cables c) Relation between load, shear force and bending moment, shear force and bending moment of cantilever and simply supported beam with concentrated, uniformly distributed & triangular distributed loads and moments. INTERFACIAL FRICTION (7) a) Laws of dry friction, static & kinetic co-efficient of friction, Analysis of static, kinetic and rolling friction. b) Analysis of frictional forces in inclined planes, wedges, screw jacks and belt drives. MOMENT OF INERTIA (4) a) Calculation of area moment of inertia of different geometric sections, parallel and perpendicular axis theorem, Moment of inertia of composite sections, Principal axis and principal moments of inertia. b) Calculation of mass moments of inertia of thin plates, thin rectangular plate, thin circular disc, Mass moment of inertia of Solids-rods, cylinder, prism, sphere, cone. KINEMATICS & KINETICS OF PARTICLES (7) a) Rectilinear motion of particle, Determination of motion of a particle displacement, velocity, acceleration, Relative motion b) Curvilinear motion of particle, Rectangular components, Projectile motion, projection on inclined plane, escape velocity, uniform circular motion, tangential and normal acceleration c) Equation of motion, DAlemberts principle, Analysis of lifting (pulley) motion, motion of several connected bodies, linear momentum, angular momentum KINEMATICS & KINETICS OF RIGID BODIES (7) a) Types of rigid body motion translation, rotation about fixed axis, equations defining the rotation of a rigid body about a fixed axis, plane motion, absolute and relative velocity in plane motion, instantaneous center of rotation. b) Equation of translational and rotational motion, Newtons law and DAlemberts principle inertia force and inertia couple, center of percussion, constrained motion non centroidal motion.

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WORK ENERGY & IMPULSE MOMENTUM (7) a) Translation and rotation of rigid body about a fixed axis, conservation of energy, Energy and work equations in translation & rotational motion virtual work. b) Impulse force and momentum, conservation of momentum, coefficient of restitution, moment of momentum equation. Text Book: 1. Engineering Mechanics - Statics & Dynamics by S. Rajasekaran and G. Sankara Subramanian, (Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi, 1999) Reference Books: 1. Engineering Mechanics ( 3rd edition) by Dr. K.L. Kumar, (Tata McGraw Hill Pub. Co. Ltd, New Delhi, 1998) 2. Engineering. Mechanics by Irving H. Shames, P H I. ltd.

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