lecture 8 mechanics
lecture 8 mechanics
Introduction
Introduction toto Basic
Basic Mechanics,
Mechanics,
Resolution
SI Units, of Vectors
Resolution of Vectors
Mechanics?
• Mechanics is a branch of the physical science
that is concerned with the state of rest or
motion of bodies that are subjected to the
action of forces.
• It deals with the effect of forces upon material
bodies.
Division of Mechanics
• Mechanics of fluids, a phase of it is called
hydraulics
• Mechanics of materials, more often called
strength of materials, as subject which deals with
the internal forces or stresses in bodies
• Analytic mechanics or mechanics of engineering,
a study of external forces on bodies, ordinarily
rigid bodies or bodies considered to be rigid, and of
the effects of these forces on the motions of bodies.
Analytic Mechanics
Analytic mechanics includes the study of:
• Statics, which deals with the forces acting on
bodies or structures which are at rest relative
to the earth or which are moving with a
constant velocity
• Dynamics, which deals with the accelerated
motion of bodies.
Our Concern: Statics
• We can consider statics as a special case of
dynamics, in which the acceleration is zero.
• However, statics deserves separate treatment
in engineering education since many objects
are designed with the intention that they
remain in equilibrium.
Base of Analytical Mechanics
Application of Newton’s Laws
• Law 1 define the condition of equilibrium and
from it develops the first part of the work-
Statics.
• Law 3 applies to both Statics and Dynamics.
• The study of Dynamics is developed from Law
2.
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