NMSU Lecture Notes: Mechanics - Statics

Contents:

(15-Jan) Overview of Course / Introduction

(20-Jan) Vector Quantities

(22-Jan) 2-D Cartesian Vectors

(25-Jan) Equilibrium of a Particle

(27-Jan) 3-D Vectors

(29-Jan) Dot Product

(1-Feb) Cross Product

(3-Feb) Moment of a Force about a Point

(5-Feb) Moment of a Force about a Line

(8-Feb) Moment of a Couple

(10-Feb) Equivalent Systems - Reduction of a system of forces to one force and one couple

(12-Feb) Equilibrium of a Rigid Body in 2 Dimensions

(15-Feb) Equilibrium of a Rigid Body in 2 Dimensions (cont.)

(17-Feb) Review for Exam#1

(19-Feb) Exam#1

(22-Feb) Equilibrium of Two- and Three-force Bodies

(24-Feb) Equilibrium of a Rigid Body in 3 Dimensions

(26-Feb) Trusses - Method of Joints

(01-Mar) Trusses - Method of Sections

(03-Mar) Trusses (cont.)

(05-Mar) Frames and Machines

(08-Mar) Frames and Machines - Three-hinge Systems

(10-Mar) Centroids of Areas

(12-Mar) Centroids of Wires

(15-Mar) Determination of Centroids by Integration

(17-Mar) Review for Exam#2

(19-Mar) Exam#2

(29-Mar) Distributed Loads on Beams

(31-Mar) Forces on Submerged Surfaces

(05-Apr) Moment of Inertia

(07-Apr) Polar Moment of Inertia

(12-Apr) Parallel Axis Theorem

(14-Apr) Product of Inertia & Principal Moments of Inertia

(16-Apr) Review for Exam#3

(19-Apr) Exam#3

(21-Apr) Internal Forces in Structural Members

(23-Apr) Shear and Moment Diagrams

(26-Apr) Friction

(28-Apr) Friction - Wedges

(30-Apr) Review for the Final Exam