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Founded by education professionals, EDSEEK Academy is a registered education firm which aims at providing high quality yet affordable tuition to high school, undergraduate and post-graduate students in Kochi via our Tuition Centers. Across all our educational programs, right from Class X all the way up to Masters Degree, our primary focus is on improving your scores and exceeding the expectations of every student who joins us.

SYLLABUS

Engineering Mechanics

Module 1:
Introduction to Engineering Mechanics-statics-basic principles of statics-Parallelogram law, equilibrium law, principles of superposition and transmissibility, law of action and reaction(review) free body diagrams.
Concurrent coplanar forces-composition and resolution of forces-resultant and equilibrium equations – methods of projections – methods of moments – Varignon’s Theorem of moments.

Module 2:
Friction – sliding friction – Coulomb’s laws of friction – analysis of single bodies –wedges, ladder- analysis of connected bodies .
Parallel coplanar forces – couple – resultant of parallel forces – centre of parallel forces – equilibrium of parallel forces – Simple beam subject to concentrated vertical loads. General coplanar force system – resultant and equilibrium equations.

Module 3: 
Centroid of composite areas- – moment of inertia-parallel axis and perpendicular axis theorems. Polar moment of inertia,radius of gyration,mass moment of inertia-ring,cylinder and disc.
Theorem of Pappus Guldinus(demonstration only Forces in space – vectorial representation of forces, moments and couples –resultant and equilibrium equations – concurrent forces in space (simple problems only)

Module 4:
Dynamics – rectilinear translation – equations of kinematics(review)
kinetics – equation of motion – D’Alembert’s principle. – motion on horizontal and inclined surfaces, motion of connected bodies. Impulse momentum equation and work energy equation (concepts only).
Curvilinear translation – equations of kinematics –projectile motion(review), kinetics – equation of motion. Moment of momentum and work energy equation (concepts only).

Module 5:
Rotation – kinematics of rotation- equation of motion for a rigid body rotating about a fixed axis – rotation under a constant moment.
Plane motion of rigid body – instantaneous centre of rotation (concept only).
Simple harmonic motion – free vibration –degree of freedom- undamped free vibration of spring mass system-effect of damping(concept only)

Text Books:

  1. Timoshenko and Young, Engineering Mechanics, McGraw Hill Publishers.
  2. Shames, I. H., Engineering Mechanics – Statics and Dynamics, Prentice Hall of India.
  3. R. C. Hibbeler and Ashok Gupta, Engineering Mechanics, Vol. I statics, Vol II Dynamics, Pearson Education.

References:

  1. Merriam J. L and Kraige L. G., Engineering Mechanics – Vols. 1 and 2,
  2. John Wiley. Tayal A K, Engineering Mechanics – Statics and Dynamics,
  3. Umesh Publications Bhavikkatti, S.S., Engineering Mechanics, New Age International Publishers
  4. F.P.Beer abd E.R.Johnston (2011), Vector Mechanics for Engineers, Vol.I-Statics, Vol.II-Dynamics, 9th Ed, Tata McGraw Hill
  5. Rajasekaran S and Sankarasubramanian G, Engineering Mechanics – Statics and Dynamics, Vikas Publishing House Pvt Ltd.
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