Day - 01 (30-03-2015)

Learning outcome:
Students will able to infer the fundamental concepts in physics related to
engineering mechanics.
Please discuss in groups for answering these questions.
1. List any four examples for a scalar quantity. (Hint: These quantities have
only magnitude)
2. List any four examples for a vector quantity. (Hint: These quantities have
both magnitude and direction)
3. Do you think force is a vector (YES/NO), write your justification.
4. Do you think moment is a scalar (YES/NO), write your justification.
5. Moment is a force. (True/False).
6. What are the different methods used to indicate the direction of force?
7. List your understanding about the resultant force.
8. Select the correct examples of coplanar force system the arrows shown in
the figures can be considered as a force. Justify your answers.
a)
b)
c)

C
F = 50N
9. From the figure shown, predict the direction in which the car would move.
Justify your answer.

Z
X
Y

10. Do you think the car shown in the figure would lifts up because of the
force applied (YES/NO), justify your answer?

Day - 02 (07-04-2015)
Learning outcome:

Students will able to infer the fundamental trigonometry related to engineering

mechanics.
Please discuss in groups for answering these questions.
1.
2.
3.
4.

What is the sum of interior angles of a triangle?

Write the law of cosine formula and mention when it can be used.
Write the law of sine formula and mention when it can be used.
Identify the quadrant in which the shown vectors operate.
a)

b)

c)

5. Identify the opposite, hypotenuse and adjacent sides of the right triangle
shown.

6. For the given triangle list the formula for sin , cos and tan .

7. Calculate the value of .

a)

b)
40o

40o

c)

130o

8. Calculate the length of side a and b of the given triangle, if =30o

2
0

9. Calculate the length of side AC from the figure shown.

5

x
C
10.Calculate the length of side a.

60
0