| Course ID: | ENGR 2120E. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Engineering Statics |
Course
Description: | Two- and three-dimensional force systems, equilibrium, rigid
structures, centroids, friction, and area moments of inertia. |
| Oasis Title: | Engineering Statics |
| Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in ENGR 2120, ENGR 2120H |
| Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. |
| Prerequisite: | (PHYS 1211-1211L or PHYS 1251) and (MATH 2110 or MATH 2110E or MATH 2260) and (ENGR 1120 or ENGR 1120H or ENGR 1120E) |
| Pre or Corequisite: | MATH 2500 or MATH 2500E or ENGG 2145 |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be
able to:
1. Identify forces and couples in 2D and 3D
2. Calculate the moments produced by forces and couples
in 2D and 3D
3. Calculate components of forces and couple moments in
2D and 3D
4. Determine the resultants of 2D and 3D force/couple
systems
5. Draw free body diagrams of rigid structures with
various kinds of supports in 2D and 3D
6. Calculate the external reactions exerted by various
supports on rigid structures (trusses, frames, and machines)
7. Calculate the internal forces (axial, shear, and
bending moment) in rigid structures (trusses, frames, and
machines)
8. Draw shear and bending moment diagrams for horizontal
beams
9. Calculate centroid of simple and composite areas
10. Calculate area moments of inertia for simple and
composite areas
11. Determine frictional forces between rough surfaces of
contact
12. Calculate forces for impending motion in the presence
of friction |
| Topical Outline: | 1. Forces in 2D and 3D
2. Moments and Couples in 2D and 3D
3. Force/Couple Systems (Resultants and Equivalent
Systems)
4. Free Body Diagrams
5. Equations of Static Equilibrium in 2D and 3D
6. Static Equilibrium of Particle Systems
7. External Reactions for Rigid Structures (Trusses,
Frames, and Machines)
8. Internal Forces in Rigid Structures (Trusses, Frames,
and Machines)
9. Shear and Bending Moment Diagrams for Beams
10. Centers of Mass and Centroids
11. Area Moments of Inertia
12. Dry Friction |