10606156Statics: Centroids, Inertia, and Friction
Course Information
Description
Statics is the study of particle and rigid body equilibrium, and courses in statics are a fundamental component of many engineering degrees.  This course serves as a bolt-on to 10-606-155 Statics and Mechanics, covering a few additional topics that are typically present in transfer-level statics classes. The two courses taken together are equivalent to Engineering Statics, 20-806-232.
Total Credits
1
Course Competencies
  1. Mathematically analyze and manipulate vectors in two and three dimensions
    Assessment Strategies
    Quiz, exam, recitation activity, report
    Criteria
    Express vectors in terms of Cartesian unit vectors
    Add and subtract vectors graphically and analytically
    Calculate the vector dot product
    Use the vector dot product to find vector components and direction cosines
    Calculate the vector cross product

  2. Analyze the moment of a force
    Assessment Strategies
    Quiz, exam, recitation activity, report
    Criteria
    Analyze the moment of a force about an axis
    Analyze the moment of a couple

  3. Analyze rigid body equilibrium
    Assessment Strategies
    Quiz, exam, recitation activity, report
    Criteria
    Analyze problems that involve static indeterminacy

  4. Analyze centroids
    Assessment Strategies
    Quiz, exam, recitation activity, report
    Criteria
    Identify and distinguish between center of mass and center of gravity
    Compute the centroid of a given area, line, or volume
    Analyze situations with distributed forces, including constant and linearly varying pressure
    Identify and distinguish between mass, weight, specific weight, and density

  5. Analyze internal forces
    Assessment Strategies
    Quiz, exam, recitation activity, report
    Criteria
    Analyze internal forces in structural members
    Analyze internal forces in straight beams
    Analyze the relations between force, shear, and bending moment, F(x), V(x), and M(x)

  6. Analyze moments of inertia
    Assessment Strategies
    Quiz, exam, recitation activity, report
    Criteria
    Compute the area moment of inertia for a given shape
    Compute the mass moment of inertia for a given structure
    Apply the parallel axis theorem with area and mass moments of inertia

  7. Analyze frictional forces
    Assessment Strategies
    Quiz, exam, recitation activity, report
    Criteria
    Analyze frictional forces at single and multiple contact surfaces
    Analyze frictional forces from belts and cables