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Engineering
Mechanics
Dr. Wayne Whiteman
Director of the Office of Student Services
and Senior Academic Professional
School of Mechanical Engineering
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What Do Engineers Do?
The scientist describes what is.
The engineer creates what never was.
Theodore von KarmanHungarian-American physicist and aeronautical engineer
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Engineering Mechanics/Engineering Science
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Introduction to Engineering Mechanics Overview
Forces
Components of a vector (2D and 3D Forces)
Particle Equilibrium
Balance of forces on a particle
Moments
Moments of force about a point
Moments of force about a line/axis
Couples
Equilibrium Equations and Equivalent Systems
Resultants
Distributed forces
Centroids
Method of Composite Parts
Equilibrium of Rigid Bodies
Free-Body Diagrams
Equilibrium in 2D and 3D
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Units
English SI (metric)
Distance
Force
Mass
Gravitational constant, g
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Units
English SI (metric)
Distance feet meters
Force pounds (lb) newtons
Mass lb sec 2 N sec 2
slugs Kilograms
ft m
Gravitational constant, g 32.2
ft
9.81
m
sec 2 sec 2