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National University of Engineering College of Mechanical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Program

This document provides information on the Statics course offered at the National University of Engineering in Peru. The course is a 3rd semester, 4-credit hour requirement that introduces fundamental statics concepts including forces, moments, torque, equilibrium, centroids, area moments of inertia, and internal forces in beams and cables. Students will learn to analyze load systems, rigid bodies, determinate beams, and isostatic structures through weekly quizzes, assignments, midterm exam, and final exam.

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National University of Engineering College of Mechanical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Program

This document provides information on the Statics course offered at the National University of Engineering in Peru. The course is a 3rd semester, 4-credit hour requirement that introduces fundamental statics concepts including forces, moments, torque, equilibrium, centroids, area moments of inertia, and internal forces in beams and cables. Students will learn to analyze load systems, rigid bodies, determinate beams, and isostatic structures through weekly quizzes, assignments, midterm exam, and final exam.

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NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING

COLLEGE OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING


MECHANICAL ENGINEERING PROGRAM

MC337 – STATICS

I. GENERAL INFORMATION

CODE : MC337 Statics


SEMESTER : 3
CREDITS : 4
HOURS PER WEEK : 6 (Theory, Practice)
PREREQUISITES : MB147, MB223
CONDITION : Compulsory

II. COURSE DESCRIPTION


This course introduces the main principles of Mechanics and its applications. Its general objective is the grasp
of concepts such as force, torque, force system reduction, equilibrium applied to iso-static structures (lattices
or reinforcements, casing and others), distributed forces. Centers of gravity. Moments and products of inertia
in flat areas. Beams and its internal actions due to loads, axial and shear forces diagram, bending moment.
Cables and friction.

III. COURSE OUTCOMES


1. Identify load systems interacting on a particle and a rigid body.
2. Reduce any load system to the simplest resultant acting on a particle or rigid body.
3. Determine the geometric and resistance characteristics of the structural element.
4. Apply methods for the calculation of internal forces for framework, frame and cable elements.
5. Make diagrams of axial force, shear force and bending moment in a beam statically determined.
6. Handle main principles of statics and apply them in the solution to problems of isostatic systems
equilibrium, specifying the internal actions present in any section or component of the system being
considered.

IV. LEARNING UNITS

1. FORCE AND REDUCTION OF FORCE SYSTEMS / 18 HOURS


General comments about Forces / Characteristics. Moment of a force regarding a point and an axis / pair of
Forces / translation of a force / Equivalence of a system of forces / resultant of force systems: collinear,
concurrent, parallel, coplanar and spatial / Torsion characteristics / Force systems distributed on a line / Force
systems distributed on a surface (center of pressure) and a volume (Center of gravity).

2. EQUILIBRIUM OF A PARTICLE AND A RIGID BODY / 24 HOURS


Equilibrium / Reactions associated to support or end types / Equilibrium principles for a particle in the plane
and in the space / Equilibrium principles in the plane and in the space for a rigid body / free body diagram /
Reinforcements / Main elements / Shaping / reinforcement analysis / Node equilibrium method / Section
method / Casing and frame / Force analysis in casings / Simple mechanisms.
3. CENTROIDS. INERTIA MOMENTS AND PRODUCTS / 18 HOURS
Centroids of lines and areas and compound and simple volumes / Pappus’ Theorems / Center of gravity /
Inertia moments and products of inertia in flat areas / Inertia moments and products in compound areas /
Radiuses of gyration / Parallel Axes Theorem (Steiner) / Inertia moments and products regarding inclines axes
/ Main inertia axes and moments / Determination of maximum and minimum inertia products axes / Mohr’s
circumference.

4. BEAMS AND INTERNAL ACTIONS IN THEM. CABLES. FRICTION / 24 HOURS


Beams / classification according to the type of support / Definition of the internal actions in a section: Axial
stress, shear stress and bending moment / Diagram of variation of these internal actions throughout the beam
axis, under different load conditions / Relationships against load intensity, shear stress and bending moment /
calculation of the maximum and minimum of these internal actions / flexible cables: cables with concentrated
loads / Cables with distributed loads: parabolic and overhead power cables / Maximum and minimum cable
stress / Cable length / friction. Types of friction: dynamic and static / Friction coefficient / Angle of repose / Roll
angle.

V. METHODOLOGY
An active method in the learning-teaching process is used in this course. Students participate in this method
every class either individually or in work groups. The instructor exposes and gives examples to complement
the students’ activity, using the available audiovisual aids and afterward the virtual campus. The classroom
work is complemented with quizzes and homework uploaded to the virtual that students do periodically and/or
weekly.

VI. EVALUATION FORMULA


The average grade PF is calculated as follows:

PF = 0.25 EP + 0.25 PP + 0.50 EF

EP: Mid-Term Exam EF: Final Exam


PP: Average of six quizzes

VIII. BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. HIBBELER, R. C.
Mechanical Engineering: Statics
Prentice Hall Editorial, 10th Edition, 2008

2. BEER, FERDINAND AND JOHNSTON JR. RUSSELL


Vectorial Mechanics for Engineering
Mc. Graw Hill Editorial, 7th Edition, 2007

3. PYTEL, ANDREW AND JAAN, KIUSALAS


Mechanical Engineering
International Thomson Edition, 2nd Edition, 2000

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