ME202: Engineering Mechanics (3:1:0:4)

DEVAPRAKASAM DEIVASAGAYAM
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Room:11, LW, 2nd Floor
School of Mechanical and Building Sciences

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Newtonian Mechanics

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Engineering Mechanics

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Scalar and Vector

Scalar Quantity- Has magnitude and has no associated direction

Examples: Volume, Time, Mass, Speed, Density, Temperature.
Vector Quantity- Has Magnitude and Direction
Examples: Force, Velocity, Moment, Acceleration

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Facts

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Force
Push or Pull on a body
F = Fx i + F y j
It is a vector
(2D)
Y

F = Fx i + Fy j + Fz
k..(3D)
Sign Convention (+ve)

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2D and 3D Equilibrium
Express the 2D and 3D equilibrium equations
for particle resulting from the application of
Newtons 1st Law

3D

2D

F 0 F 0
F 0 F 0
F 0 F 0
X

||

F
F
F
F

2 Independent Eqns & 3 Independent Eqns &

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Vector Addition

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Vector addition Example

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Vector addition Example

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Home Work

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2D Force representation

Express a 2D force in terms of

rectangular. components.
Express a 2D force in terms of
parallel and perpendicular
components.
Apply vector addition to find
Y
resultant
of Fmore
force.
= Fx than
i + Fone
j
F
y
j
Fx= F cos

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Fy= F sin

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2D Force representation

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2D Force Example

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2D Force Example

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2D Force Example

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2D Force Example

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