Statics and Dynamics

4 credits · College of Engineering catalogue

Advisory Prerequisite: PHYSICS 140. Enforced Prerequisite: None. (4 credits) Statics: review of vector mathematics; moment and force resultants; static equilibrium in two & three dimensions; centroids; center of gravity; distributed loadings; mass and area moments of inertia and principal directions. Dynamics: review of concepts of velocity and acceleration; dynamics of particles and rigid bodies; concepts of work, energy momentum.