Course Description
An integrated approach to the fundamental scientific principles that contribute to an engineering analysis in static and dynamic systems settings. The general study includes the conservation of mass, momentum, angular momentum, and energy, and incorporates simple physical models. Emphasis is on setting up analysis problems arising in engineering.
Athena Title
Intro to Engineering Analysis
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Students will be able to: (1) Provide instruction in applied physics using a unified concepts approach. (2) Describe the fundamental concepts and theory of work, rate, resistance, and force transformers. (3) Define fundamental terminology pertaining to applied physics. (4) Demonstrate fundamental operating procedures for using applied physics laboratory equipment. (5) Describe what force, pressure, voltage, and temperature differences have in common. (6) Predict what happens in a system when the forces are balanced and when forces are unbalanced. (7) Measure force in mechanical, fluid, electrical, and thermal systems. (8) Demonstrate how thermal power and thermal rate are the same. (9) Describe the nature of energy in mechanical, fluid, electrical, and thermal systems. (10) Determine the relationship between work and energy. (11) Explain why force transformers form a unifying principle in mechanical, fluid, and electrical systems.
Topical Outline
1. Force in mechanical, fluid, and thermal systems. 2. Force/voltage in electrical systems. 3. Work in mechanical, fluid, electrical, and thermal systems. 4. Rate in mechanical, fluid, electrical, and thermal systems. 5. Resistance in mechanical, fluid, electrical, and thermal systems. 6. Force transformers in mechanical, fluid, electrical, and thermal systems.
Syllabus