Lecturer: Dr.
Mahmood Alam
Principles of Engineering
Lecturers: 1 Mechanics of Solids
International Exchange Department Foshan,
Guangdong Province, China.
Date: 20/02/2023
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000 Chapter Outline
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Statics
1.3 Dynamics
1.4 Vibrations
1.5 Mechanics of Materials
1.6 Structural Integrity and Durability
1.7 Comprehensive example of using Mechanics
of solids methods
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Policies
z Cheating in any form will not be tolerated. This
includes copying Assignment, cheating on
exams and quizzes.
z You are allowed to discuss the Assignment
questions with your friends, and me.
z However, you have to write up the Assignment
on your own.
z There is no make-up for missed quizzes.
z If you have an excuse for not being in class,
please e-mail me before class.
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Introduction
Ø Solid mechanics is the branch of mechanics that
studies the behavior of solid materials.
Ø Motion and deformation of material under action of
v Force
v Temperature change
v Phase change
v Other external or internal agents
Ø These changes lead us to some properties that are
called Mechanical properties
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What is Force ?
In physics, a force is an influence that can change the motion of an
object. A force can cause an object with mass to change its
velocity (e.g. moving from a state of rest), i.e., to accelerate. Force
can also be described intuitively as a push or a pull. A force has
both magnitude and direction, making it a vector quantity. It is
measured in the SI unit of newton (N). Force is represented by the
symbol F (formerly P).
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Force
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Temperature
Temperature is a physical quantity that expresses hot
and cold. It is the manifestation - of thermal energy,
present in all matter, which is the source of the
occurrence of heat, a flow of energy, when a body is
in contact with another that is colder or hotter.
Temperature should not be confused with heat.
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Introduction to Mechanics
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1.2 Statics
n Statics is the branch of mechanics that is concerned
with the analysis of (force and torque, or "moment")
acting on physical systems that do not experience
an acceleration (a = 0), but rather, are in static
equilibrium with their environment.
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Statics Principles
Newton’s First Law of Motion (law of inertia):
An object in a state of rest or uniform motion will
continue to be so unless acted upon by a net
force
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Basic Terms
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Newton’s Second Law of Motion:
The acceleration of an object is proportional to
the net force acting on the object and inversely
proportional to the object’s mass
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Engineering Mechanics.
Two kinds of quantities are used in engineering
mechanics.
1. A scalar quantity has only magnitude (mass,
time, temperature, etc.).
2. A vector quantity has magnitude and direction
(force, velocity, etc.).
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Scalar
Scalar quantities are quantities that are
described only by a magnitude. They do not
have a direction of action. For fluids the
relevant scalar quantities are.
Eg: Time, mass, distance, temperature,
electrical potential etc…
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Scalar
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Vector
u A vector is a quantity that has both magnitude
and direction.
l E.g. of Vectors:
l Velocity, force, displacement, electric field
intensity etc.
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SI Unit
Vector Example Magnitude and
Direction
Velocity 35 m/s, North
Acceleration 10 m/s2, South
Force 20 N, East
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What are Vectors?
l Vectors are pairs of a direction and a
magnitude. We usually represent a vector with
an arrow:
l The direction of the arrow is the direction
of the vector, the length is the magnitude.
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1.1 Vectors: Concept and Definitions
Vectors: Concept and Definitions
• Velocity • Mass
• Force • Charge
• Acceleration • Density
• Momentum • Temperature
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Scalar and Vector Quantities
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Adding Vectors
Place the tail of B at the head of A. The sum (A+B)
is the vector from tail of A to the head of B
B A
A
(A+B)
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Adding Vectors
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Head to Tail Method
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Examples:
Examples:
q An unmanned vehicle moves on tracks around a
factory floor carrying components from the store at
A to workers at C
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Vector Addition
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Vector Components and Resultants. Parallelogram Law
Components Fm and Fn of the vector F
.
Addition of concurrent vectors F and P
.
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Laws of sines and cosine
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