Credits : 3
Prerequisites : None
Remarks : Amended 2003 January
| Course Content | Time Allocated (Clock Hours) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | T | P | A | |
| Force systems: Forces and couples; equilibrium of rigid body. | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| Analysis of simple structures: structures and components; loads and supports; internal and external forces; free-body diagrams; statically determinate structures; analysis of trusses; beams and shear force and bending moment diagrams; stress and strain; Hooke’s law, and deformation of axially loaded members; statically indeterminate problems. | 5 | 2 | - | - |
| Work and energy methods: work due to forces and couples; virtual displacements and virtual work; strain energy and potential energy; energy principles. /td> | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| Inertial properties of plane and three-dimensional objects: first moment and centroid; second moment and moment of inertia; polar moment of inertia; product of inertia; translation and rotation of axes, parallel axis theorem, principal axes and principal moments of inertia; composite bodies. | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| Fluid pressure: fluids in equilibrium; fluid pressure; pressure variation in constant and variable density media including the atmosphere; measurement of pressure. | 4 | 1 | - | - |
| Fluid statics: forces on plane surfaces; forces on curved surfaces; buoyancy; stability of floating bodies. | 3 | 1 | - | - |
| Particle kinematics: position, displacement, velocity and acceleration vectors in rectilinear and non-rectilinear motion; representation in Cartesian, polar and intrinsic co-ordinate systems; application to simple curvilinear motion. | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| Planer rigid-body kinematics: translation and rotation; relative motion; instantaneous centre of rotation; application to simple mechanisms; velocity and acceleration diagrams. | 3 | 1 | - | - |
| Particle kinetics: Newton’s laws of motion; momentum and impulse relationship; work and energy relationship. | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| Linear rigid-body kinetics: equation of motion; D’Alembert’s principle; momentum and impulse relationship; work and energy relationship. | 3 | 1 | - | - |
| Laboratory work: 4x3 hour classes. | - | - | 12 | - |
| Total | 28 | 11 | 12 | - |
| Assessment | Percentage | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| Continuous Assessment | - | 20 |
| Assignments | 10 | - |
| Coursework | 10 | - |
| Written Examinations | - | 80 |
| Mid - Semester | 20 | - |
| End - Semester | 60 | - |