Engineering Mechanics

Course guarantor:

Jiří Kunz

Lecturer:

Tutor:

Supervisor:

Department of Materials

Synopsis:

Abstract:

The course represents a link-up between the theoretical mechanics of rigid bodies and engineering disciplines dealing with stress and strain analysis of real structure parts (elasticity, plasticity, fracture mechanics, etc.). Principles of statics, kinematics, and dynamics and their application.

Requirements:

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Outline:

1. Statics.

1.1 Elementary principles.

1.2 Force equilibrium for bodies with various supports.

1.3 Forces and moments transmitted by slender members.

1.4 Truss girders.

1.5 Statics with friction and/or rolling resistance.

2. Kinematics.

2.1 Kinematics of mass point - elementary principles.

2.2 Kinematics of solid bodies - types of motion and their description.

2.3 Simultaneous motions.

2.4 Kinematics of mechanisms - methods of solution.

3. Dynamics.

3.1 Dynamics of mass particle and particle systems - elementary principles.

3.2 Dynamics of solid bodies, principle of virtual works.

3.3 Moments of inertia and their calculation.

3.4 Kinetic energy of moving bodies.

Keywords:

Conditions of equilibrium, reactions, beams, trusses, shear force, bending moment, friction, kinematics of bodies, kinematical mechanisms, dynamics of bodies, Newton's laws, moments of inertia, potential and kinetic energies, motion equations.

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Key references:

[1] Gross, D., Hauger, W., Schröder, J., Wall,W.A. a Rajapakse, N.: Engineering Mechanics 1: Statics. Springer

Science & Business Media 2012.

[2] Gross, D., Hauger, W., Schröder, J., Wall, W.A. a Bonet, J.: Engineering Mechanics 2: Mechanics of Materials.

Heidelberg, Springer Springer-Verlag 2018.

Recommended references:

[3] Bisplinghoff, R.L., Mar, J.W., Pian, T.H.H.: Statics of Deformable Solids. Mineola New York, Dover

Publications 2014.

[4] Wittenburg, J.: Kinematics: Theory and Applications. Heidelberg, Springer Verlag 2016.

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Further information:

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans: