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Tech Mechanical Engineering – 2nd Semester – Section B

MEPC10 – Engineering Mechanics
Lecture Plan
Text Book – Engineering Mechanics 4th Edition – S. Timoshenko and D.H. Young
Chapter 1 – Concurrent Forces in a Plane
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0 Introduction to Engineering Mechanics – – –
1 1.1 Principle of Statics 3 – 12 – –
2 1.2 Composition and resolution of Forces 12 – 15 1,2 PS 1.2 – 9
3 1.3 Equilibrium of concurrent forces in a plane 16 – 22 1–4 PS 1.3 – 12
4 1.4 Method of projections 24 – 29 1–5 PS 1.4 – 16
5 1.5 Equilibrium of three forces in a plane 32 – 37 1–3 PS 1.5 – 12
6 1.6 Method of moments 40 – 43 1–4 PS 1.6 – 13
7 1.7 Friction 49 – 56 1–5 PS 1.7 – 18

Chapter 2 – Parallel Forces in a Plane

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8 2.1 Two parallel forces 61 – 68 1, 2 PS 2.1 – 5
9 2.2 General case of parallel forces in a plane 69 – 75 1–6 PS 2.2 – 12
10 2.3 Centre of parallel forces and centre of gravity 78 – 86 1–3 PS 2.3 – 10
11 2.4 Centroids of composite plane figures and curves 88 – 92 1–5 PS 2.4 – 19
12 2.5 Distributed force in a plane 96 – 102 1–3 PS 2.5 – 10

Chapter 3 – General case of forces in a plane

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13 3.1 Composition of forces in a plane 104 – 108 1, 2 PS 3.1 – 5
14 3.2 Equilibrium of forces in a plane 109 – 113 1–3 PS 3.2 – 15
15 3.8 Distributed force in a plane 155 – 161 – PS 3.8 – 5

Chapter 4 – Force system in space

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16 4.1 Concurrent forces in space – Method of projections 169 – 176 1–6 PS 4.1 – 12
17 4.2 Concurrent forces in space – Method of moments 179 – 185 1–2 PS 4.2 – 9
18 4.3 Couples in space 185 – 189 1–2 PS 4.3 – 7
19 4.4 Parallel forces in space 191 – 196 1–3 PS 4.4 – 9
20 4.5 Centre of parallel forces and centre of gravity 198 – 201 1–2 PS 4.5 – 15
21 4.6 General case of forces in space 203 – 210 1–5 PS 4.6 – 20