COE 2001 Section B: STATICS

Georgia Institute of Technology

Spring 2019

Instructor: Saubhagya Singh Rathore

Office: Mason 2230
Cell: (470) 263-1189
Email: saubhagya@gatech.edu
Office Hours: Mon 3 – 5 pm, Fri 9 – 11 am, or by appointment

Text: Engineering Mechanics: Statics, 9th Edition

Meriam, Kraige, Bolton
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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Class Time: Monday and Wednesday at 01:55 pm - 02:45 pm

Location: Klaus 2456

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Course Distribution: Homework 30%

Attendance + Class Participation 5%
Midterm 1 15%
Midterm 2 15%
Comprehensive Final Exam 35%

Lectures: Instructions will be a mix of board and PowerPoint presentations with a clicker
(TurningPoint) questions or other in-class activities.

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Class Participation and Attendance: Multiple basic conceptual questions will be asked in each
class session and responses will be recorded either using clicker (TurningPoint app) or on paper.
Make sure to sign up on TurningPoint using your GT username. It is encouraged to read previous
classes’ notes and text related to the topic to be taught. Attendance will also be recorded using a
clicker. To earn the class participation credit, you must attend all sessions (with up to 2 unexcused
absences). Exceeding 2 unexcused absences will result in a 0 in class participation for the course.

Exams: Midterms and finals will be closed-book in-class exams. Students will be allowed to bring
one page (8-1/2” by 11”, both sides) handwritten notes.

Grading: All students must take each exam, including the comprehensive final exam. The lowest
homework score for each student will be dropped when computing grades. Letter grades are
assigned such that: 90-100=A, 80-89=B, 70-79=C, 60-69=D, <60=F. Using the weights indicated
above, each student should be able to calculate their grade at any time. If your average rounds off
to the next higher grade, you will get the higher grade. So a 79.6 will get you a B (with a 79.3
average, expect a C).

Course Topics:

Introduction (Chapter 1)
Basic concepts and definitions; Dimensions and units; Scalars and Vectors; Laws of Gravitation
Force Systems (Chapter 2)
Forces; Moments; Couples; Resultants
Equilibrium (Chapter 3)
Free Body Diagrams; 2D Equilibrium; 3D Equilibrium
Structures (Chapter 4)
Trusses; Method of Joints; Method of Sections
Distributed Forces (Chapter 5)
Centroids of Lines, Areas, and Volumes; Composite Bodies
Friction (Chapter 6)
Types of Friction; Dry Friction;

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accommodation, which is administered through The Office of Disability Services.
http://disabilityservices.gatech.edu/. For students with disabilities, please contact this Office to
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Honor Code:

 Plagiarizing is defined by Webster’s Dictionary as “to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of
another) as one's own: use (another's production) without crediting the source.” If caught
plagiarizing, the student will be dealt with according to the GT Academic Honor Code
(http://osi.gatech.edu/content/honor-code).
 Students can (and are encouraged) to discuss homework problems and in-class clicker
problems with other students and instructor, however, have to submit their own
answer/solution as each student has unique parameters.
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projects, or any other source (e.g. solution manuals) is a violation of the Georgia Tech Honor
Code will be treated as such.
 Students are not allowed to discuss or collaborate on the exams with anyone. Doing so will be
considered as a direct violation of the GT Academic Honor Code, and will be dealt accordingly.
 For any questions involving these or any other Academic Honor Code issues, please consult
the instructor or www.honor.gatech.edu

COE 2001 Section B Course Schedule – Spring 2019 (subject to change)

Lectures:

1 M Jan 7 Lecture - Introduction, Definitions, Vectors, Dimensions/Units, Newton’s

2 W Jan 9 laws (In Textbook: Chapter 1)
3 M Jan 14
2D Forces; Moments; Couples; Resultants (In Textbook: Chapter 2A)
4 W Jan 16
5 W Jan 23
6 M Jan 28
2D Equilibrium (In Textbook: Chapter 3A)
7 W Jan 30
8 M Feb 4
3D Forces; Moments; Couples; Resultants (In Textbook: Chapter 2B)
9 W Feb 6
10 M Feb 11
3D Equilibrium (In Textbook: Chapter 3B)
11 W Feb 13
12 M Feb 18
13 M Feb 25
Trusses; Method of Joints; Method of Sections (In Textbook: Chapter 4)
14 W Feb 27
15 M Mar 4
16 W Mar 6
17 M Mar 11
18 W Mar 13
19 M Mar 25 Centroids of Lines, Areas, and Volumes; Composite Bodies (In Textbook:
20 W Mar 27 Chapter 5)
21 M Apr 1
22 M Apr 8
23 W Apr 10
24 M Apr 15
Friction (In Textbook: Chapter 6A)
25 W Apr 17
26 M Apr 22 Review for final exam

Exams:

Midterm 1 W Feb 20 In-class

Midterm 2 W Apr 3 In-class
Final M Apr 29 2:40 PM ‐ 5:30 PM
Due dates for WileyPlus Assignments:

HW#1 W Jan 16
HW#2 W Jan 23
HW#3 W Jan 30
HW#4 W Feb 6
HW#5 W Feb 13
HW#6 W Feb 27
HW#7 W Mar 6
HW#8 W Mar 13
HW#9 M Apr 1
HW#10 W Apr 10
HW#11 W Apr 17
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STATICS
Section: Sp'19 Statics 21451 - COE 2001 - B - Rathore
Term: Spring 2019
Instructor(s): Saubhagya Rathore
Email(s): saubhagya@gatech.edu

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