RAJALAKSHMI ENGINEERINGCOLLEGE

Thandalam, Chennai 602 105

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

GE6253 ENGINEERING MECHANICS

COLLEGE VISION:
Adapting to changes in industry needs so that, the education we provide and advances
in knowledge achieved are continually relevant and important to our country.
Achieving pre-eminence in Mechanical Engineering Education.
Instilling in our students, a sense of social responsibility and concern for the
environment.
COLLEGE MISSION:
To educate and graduate the student to become Innovators and Entrepreneurs in
Mechanical Engineering.
To achieve a Centre of Excellence in the field of Mechanical Engineering.
To ensure conducive and efficient Teaching - Learning environment.

PROGRAMME EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES (PEOs) :

PEO I
To provide students with sound foundation in the mathematical, scientific and
engineering fundamentals necessary to formulate, analyze and solve engineering
problems and to prepare them for graduate studies and for successful careers in
industry.
PEO II
To impart students with skills for design, improvement and installation of
Mechanicaland allied integrated systems of men, material.
PEO III
To instill the values, skills, leadership and team spirit for comprehensive and
wholesome personality, to promote entrepreneurial interest among students and to
create a fervor for use of Engineering in addressing societal concerns.
PROGRAMME OUTCOMES(POs)
(a) Graduates will demonstrate basic knowledge in mathematics, science and engineering.
(b) Graduates will demonstrate the ability to design and conduct experiments, interpret and
analyze data, and report results.
(c) Graduates will demonstrate the ability to design a mechanical system or a thermal system
or a process that meets desired specifications and requirements.
(d) Graduates will demonstrate the ability to function on engineering and science laboratory
teams, as well as on multidisciplinary design teams.

(e) Graduates will demonstrate the ability to identify, formulate and solve mechanical
engineering problems.
(f) Graduates will demonstrate an understanding of their professional and ethical
responsibilities.
(g) Graduates will be able to communicate effectively in both verbal and written forms to
enhance their opportunities to build a successful career.
(h) Graduates will have the confidence to apply engineering solutions in global and societal
contexts.
(i)
Graduates should be capable of self-education and clearly understand the value of
lifelong learning.
(j) Graduates will be broadly educated and will have an understanding of the impact of
engineering on society and demonstrate awareness of contemporary issues.
(k) Graduates will be familiar with modern engineering software tools and equipment to
analyze mechanical engineering problems.
(l)An ability to serve in the core mechanical engineering industry.

COURSE OBJECTIVE:

To develop capacity to predict the effect of force and motion in the course of carrying
out the design functions of engineering
To understand the vectorial and scalar representation of forces and moments, static
equilibrium of particles and rigid bodies both in two dimensions and also in three
dimensions.

To learn the properties of surfaces and solids

To understand the effect of friction on equilibrium.

To understand the laws of motion, kinematics of motion and principle of work and
energy. Able to write the dynamic equilibrium equation.

COURSE OUTCOME:
1. Ability to solve the basic concepts of mechanics and its types.
2. Ability to utilize scalar and vector analytical techniques for analyzing forces in statically
determinate structures.
3. Ability to apply fundamental concepts of kinematics and kinetics of particles to the
analysis of simple, practical problems.
4. Ability to solve problems based on laws of motion and kinematics of motion and able to
write equilibrium equations.
5. Ability to solve problems involving friction

Signature of Faculty

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Mapping of POs
POs
a

Unit
UNIT I
BASICS AND
STATICS OF
PARTICLES
UNIT II
EQUILIBRIUM OF
RIGID BODIES
UNIT III
PROPERTIES OF
SURFACES AND
SOLIDS
UNIT IV
DYNAMICS OF
PARTICLES
UNIT V
FRICTION AND
ELEMENTS OF
RIGID BODY
DYNAMICS

Mapping of PEOs
PEOs

PEO - I

PEO - II

PEO - III

Unit
UNIT I
BASICS AND
STATICS OF
PARTICLES
UNIT II
EQUILIBRIUM OF
RIGID BODIES
UNIT III
PROPERTIES OF
SURFACES AND
SOLIDS
UNIT IV
DYNAMICS OF
PARTICLES
UNIT V
FRICTION AND
ELEMENTS OF
RIGID BODY
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DYNAMICS
RAJALAKSHMI ENGINEERINGCOLLEGE
Thandalam, Chennai 602 105
LESSON PLAN

Faculty Name

S.ARULMURUGAN

Code

ME150

Subject Name
Year
Degree & Branch

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:
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ENGINEERING MECHANICS
I
B.E - MECHANICAL

Code
Semester
Section

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GE6253
II
MECH-D2

TEXT BOOKS:
1. Beer,F.P and Johnson Jr. E.R, Vector Mechanics for Engineers, Vol. 1 Statics and Vol. 2
Dynamics, McGraw-Hill International Edition, 1997.
2. Vela Murali, Engineering Mechanics, Oxford University Press (2010)
REFERENCES:
1. Hibbeller, R.C and Ashok Gupta, Engineering Mechanics: Statics and Dynamics, 11th Edition,
Pearson Education (2010).
2. Irving H. Shames and Krishna Mohana Rao. G., Engineering Mechanics Statics and
Dynamics,
4th Edition, Pearson Education (2006)
3. Meriam J.L. and Kraige L.G., Engineering Mechanics- Statics - Volume 1, Dynamics- Volume
2,
Third Edition, John Wiley & Sons,(1993)
4. Rajasekaran S and Sankarasubramanian G., Engineering Mechanics Statics and Dynamics, 3rd
Edition, Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., (2005).
5. Bhavikatti, S.S and Rajashekarappa, K.G., Engineering Mechanics, New Age International (P)
Limited Publishers, (1998).
6. Kumar, K.L., Engineering Mechanics, 3rd Revised Edition, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing
company, New Delhi (2008)
7. Palanichamy, M.S., Nagan, S., Engineering Mechanics Statics & Dynamics, Tata McGrawHill, 2001.

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GE6253

ENGINEERING MECHANICS

LTPC
3 1 0 4

OBJECTIVES:
To develop capacity to predict the effect of force and motion in the course of carrying out the
design functions of engineering
UNIT I

BASICS AND STATICS OF PARTICLES

12

Introduction Units and Dimensions Laws of Mechanics Lamis theorem, Parallelogram and
triangular Law of forces Vectorial representation of forces Vector operations of forces additions, subtraction, dot product, cross product Coplanar Forces rectangular components
Equilibrium of a particle Forces in space Equilibrium of a particle in space Equivalent
systems of forces Principle of transmissibility .
UNIT II
EQUILIBRIUM OF RIGID BODIES
12
Free body diagram Types of supports Action and reaction forces stable equilibrium
Momentsand Couples Moment of a force about a point and about an axis Vectorial
representation of moments and couples Scalar components of a moment Varignons theorem
Single equivalent force -Equilibrium of Rigid bodies in two dimensions Equilibrium of Rigid
bodies in three dimensions
UNIT III

PROPERTIES OF SURFACES AND SOLIDS

12

Centroids and centre of mass Centroids of lines and areas - Rectangular, circular, triangular areas
by integration T section, I section, - Angle section, Hollow section by using standard formula
Theorems of Pappus - Area moments of inertia of plane areas Rectangular, circular, triangular
areas by integration T section, I section, Angle section, Hollow section by using standard formula
Parallel axis theorem and perpendicular axis theorem Principal moments of inertia of plane areas
Principal axes of inertia-Mass moment of inertia mass moment of inertia for prismatic,
cylindrical and spherical solids from first principle Relation to area moments of inertia.
UNIT IV

DYNAMICS OF PARTICLES

12

Displacements, Velocity and acceleration, their relationship Relative motion Curvilinear motion
-Newtons laws of motion Work Energy Equation Impulse and Momentum Impact of elastic
bodies.
UNIT V

FRICTION AND ELEMENTS OF RIGID BODY DYNAMICS

12

Friction force Laws of sliding friction equilibrium analysis of simple systems with sliding
friction wedge friction-. Rolling resistance -Translation and Rotation of Rigid Bodies Velocity
andacceleration General Plane motion of simple rigid bodies such as cylinder, disc/wheel and
sphere.
TOTAL: 60 PERIODS

Signature of Faculty

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 OBJECTIVES:
To understand the basic concept of mechanics
To understand thevectorial representation of forces & moments
To learn about the forces in space.

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5

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09 -01-15

09-01-15

13- 01-15

14-01-15

14-01-15

10

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R4

2-15
Chalk & talk

R4

1033-1039

Chalk & talk

R4

R4

20-24

25-26

Chalk & talk

13-01-15
4

Introduction ,Units and

Dimensions and Laws of
Mechanics
Scalars, vectors and
vector operations,
Vectorial representation
of force, moments and
couples- Vector
operations of forces
,moments and Couples
Resultant of two
concurrent coplanar
force system on a
particle, Parallelogram
and triangular Law of
forces
Resolution of a planar
force into components

16-01-15

16-01-15

Resultant of several
concurrent coplanar
force system on a
particle- Graphical
method and analytical
method
Equilibrium of a particle
subjected to coplanar
force system
Resolution of a spatial
force into components
Resultant of several
concurrent spatial force
system on a particle
Equilibrium of a particle
subjected to
severalconcurrent spatial
forces
Equivalent systems of

Signature of Faculty

R4

25-31

R4

Chalk & talk

/ PPT
presentation

Chalk & talk

31-47

R4

52-54

Chalk & talk

Chalk & talk

R4

55-59

R4

Chalk & talk

60-64
67-71

Chalk & talk

Signature of HOD

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forces, Principle of
transmissibility, Single
equivalent force.
Problems Tutorial

20-01-15

T1

VIDEO

4
12

20- 01-15

Simple and
compound pulley
and Mechanical
advantage

Problems Tutorial
UNIT II

OBJECTIVES:
To understand the Equilibrium of rigid bodies in two & three dimensions
To learn about the moment of forces.
To learn about the vectorial representation of moments and couples

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21-1-15
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27-1-15

28-1-15

28 -1-15

30- 1-15

03-2-15

03-2-15
04-2- 15

1,2

4,5

4
5

Free body diagram

Types of supports and
their reactions
Moment of a
force(Planar &spatial)
about a point and about
an axis
Varignons theorem,
Moment of a couple and
resolution of a force into
a force and a couple
Resultant of a coplanar
non concurrent force
system on a 2D rigid
body.
Requirements of stable
equilibrium, Equilibrium
of a rigid body subjected
to non concurrent
coplanar force system
Resultant of a
noncoplanar non
concurrent force system
on a rigid body.
Equilibrium of a rigid
body subjected to non
concurrentnoncoplanar
force system
Problems Tutorial
Problems Tutorial

Signature of Faculty

R4

35-37,
100-101
&166

Chalk & talk

Chalk & talk

R4

72-75 &
150-156
Chalk & talk

R4

76-82

R4

Chalk & talk

88-2
Chalk & talk

R7

61-62
93-136

R4
R4

Chalk & talk

159-165

R4

Chalk & talk

165-168

VIDEO

Signature of HOD

Stress ,strain and

Hooks law

UNIT III
OBJECTIVES:

To learn the properties of surfaces and solids

To learn various types of sections
To learn the polar moment of inertia
To learn the mass moment of inertia

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6-2-15

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28

29

30

10-2 -15

10-2-15

11-2-15

11- 2- 15

13-2-15

13-2- 15

17-2-15

Determination of Areas
and Volumes
First moment of area
and the Centroid of
sections Rectangle,
circle, triangle areas
from integration
Centroid of T section, I
section using standard
formula
Centroid of Angle
section, Hollow section
using standard formula
Parallel axis theorem,
perpendicular axis
theorem Polar moment
of inertia
second moments of
plane area Rectangle,
triangle, circle from
integration
second moments of
plane area T section, I
section, Angle section,
Hollow sections
standard formula
Mass moment of inertia
, Derivation of mass
moment of inertia for
sphere from first
principle
Derivation of mass
moment of inertia for,
prism, cylinder from

Signature of Faculty

R7

120-125

Chalk & talk

Chalk & talk

R4

309-318

Chalk & talk

R7

130-133

R7

134-141

Chalk & talk

Chalk & talk

R4

354-359
Chalk & talk

R4

360-372

Chalk & talk

R7

180-194

Chalk & talk

R4

218-231

R5

408-425

Chalk & talk

Signature of HOD

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33

17-2-15

18-2-15
18-2-15

4
5

first principle
Relation between the
area moments of inertia
and mass moment of
inertia.
Problems Tutorial
Problems Tutorial

R7

223-229

Chalk & talk/

VIDEO

Discussion on ice
skating and Inertia
effect

UNIT IV
OBJECTIVES:
To understand displacement, velocity and acceleration
Understand the concept of Impulse & Momentum
Chalk & talk

34

35

36

20-2-15

20-2-15

24-2-15

37

24-2-15

38

25-2-15

39

25-2-15

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27-2-15

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3-3-15

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43
44

3-3-15
4-3-15
6-3-15

1
2
4,5

Plane motion analysis

of rigid bodies using
Newtons II law and
Eulers Equation
Plane motion analysis
of rigid bodies using
work- energy principle
Plane motion analysis
of rigid bodies using
impulse-momentum
principle
Rectilinear motion of
particles
Curvilinear motion of
particles
Relative motion of
particles
Newtons law ,WorkEnergy principle and
Impulse momentum
principle
Motion of connected
particles
Impact of elastic bodies
Problems Tutorial
Problems Tutorial

Signature of Faculty

R7

Chalk & talk

537-559

R7

Chalk & talk

562-574

R7

Chalk & talk

582-587

R7
R7
R7
R7

R4
R7

425-426
331-342
321-331
359-375,
392-412,
430-439
683-716
439-447

Chalk & talk

Chalk & talk
Chalk & talk
Chalk & talk

Chalk & talk/

VIDEO
Chalk & talk

Signature of HOD

Gyroscope and its

working

UNIT V
OBJECTIVES:
To learn the laws of friction
To Know the translation and rotation of rigid bodies

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51

52

10-3-15

11-3-15

13-3-15

7,8

1,2

4,5

53

17-3-15

54

17-3-15

55

56

57
58

18-3-15

20-3-15

24-3-15
24-3-15

4
5

Friction, types of friction,

R4
dry friction experiment,
Laws of dry friction,
static and kinetic friction
and angle of repose
Sliding friction
R4
application ,wedges and
screw jack
Sliding friction
application, Ladder
R4
friction ,Belt friction and
Rolling resistance
R1
Introduction to the
R7
different motions of rigid
body
Translation and rotation
of a rigid body-Velocity
by instantaneous centre
method
R7
Translation and rotation
of a rigid body-Velocity
by relative velocity
method
Translation and rotation
of a rigid body-Velocity
and acceleration by
relative velocity method
Problems Tutorial
Problems Tutorial

Signature of Faculty

Chalk & talk

252-258

Chalk & talk

259-284

284-287
425-426
497-508

Chalk & talk/

VIDEO

Chalk & talk

Chalk & talk

516-520

R7

Chalk & talk

509-516

R7

Chalk & talk

520-529

Signature of HOD

Effect of friction
on Power screws