MAE472: Fundamental of Mechanics / Faculty of Education

The course introduces the basic principles of statics and dynamics. Mechanics of statics deals with equilibrium of bodies, i.e. bodies at rest and bodies moving with a constant velocity. It includes resultant and resolution of forces, equilibrium of a particle, force system resultant, equilibrium of rigid bodies, and moment of inertia. Mechanics of Dynamics deals with the accelerated motion of bodies. It includes kinematics and kinetics of a particle and of a rigid body. Kinematics discusses the relationship between displacement, velocity and acceleration against time. Kinetics covers the concepts of force and acceleration (Newton’s laws of motion), energy and work, power, impulse and momentum, and projectiles.