SUBJECT: Engineering Mechanics INSTRUCTOR: Mrs. Maria Victoria B.

Munar
COURSE NUMBER: ETBE 102 First Semester, SY 2019-2020
CREDIT: 3 units
PRE-REQUISITE: Engineering Calculus 2, Physics for Engineers

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
The basis of Engineering Mechanics is the three Newton’s Laws of Motion. It involves the concepts of force, moment, and
motion. It also covers the analysis of particles and rigid bodies in static and dynamic equilibrium using vector mechanics
and energy and momentum methods. The geometric properties of lines, areas, and volumes are also part of the study of
Engineering Mechanics.

GOALS:
1. To provide the students with a foundation of the theory and principles of statics.
2. To study the effects of forces on bodies at rest using Newton's laws of motion.
3. To provide the students with experience in solving problems to determine the forces and moments on structures in static
equilibrium.
4. To introduce the students to the engineering applications of mechanics.

OBJECTIVES:
After completion of the course, the students should be able to:
1. Explain the fundamental concepts related to engineering mechanics.
2. Solve for the components and resultants of force, moment, and motion vectors.
3. Analyze static and dynamic equilibrium of particles and rigid bodies.
4. Analyze particles and rigid bodies in motion using energy and momentum methods.
5. Compute the geometric properties (centroids and moments) of lines, areas, and volumes.

STUDENT EVALUATION:
1. Students will be evaluated based on worksheets, quizzes, and major tests.
2. No makeup quizzes will be given.
3. Late worksheets will not be accepted.

GRADING SYSTEM:
Term Grade:
Average of 6 Worksheets - 20%
Average of 2 Quizzes - 40%
Term test - 40%
100%
Final Grade:
Midterm Grade - 40%
Final Term Grade - 60%
100%
Passing grade - 73%
Other grounds for a failing grade:
1. Grave misconduct and/or cheating during examinations.
2. A failing academic standing and failure to take the final examinations.

COURSE CONTENT

1. General Principles 3. Equilibrium of a Particle

a. Introduction to Mechanics a. Condition for the Equilibrium of a Particle
b. Basic Concepts b. The Free-body Diagram
c. Newton’s Laws of Motion c. Coplanar Concurrent Forces
d. Newton’s Law of Gravitational Attraction
4. Kinematics of a Particle
e. Units of Measurement
a. Motion Concepts
2. Force Vectors b. Rectilinear Motion
a. Scalar and Vector Quantities c. Curvilinear Motion: Rectangular Components
b. Vector Operations d. Motion of a Projectile
c. Components of a Force e. Curvilinear Motion: Normal and Tangential
d. Rectangular Components Components
f. Curvilinear Motion: Cylindrical Components
 g. Motion Relative to a Frame in Translation c. Equations of Motion: Normal and Tangential
h. Absolute Dependent Motion Coordinates
d. Equations of Motion: Cylindrical Coordinates
5. Moment of a Force
a. Moment – Scalar Formulation 9. Kinetics of Particles: Work and Energy
b. Principle of Moments a. The Work of a Force
c. Principle of Transmissibility b. Principle of Work and Energy
d. Moment of a Force About a Point c. Power and Efficiency
e. Moment of a Force About a Line or Axis d. Conservation of Energy
f. Moment of a Couple
10. Kinetics of Particles: Impulse and Momentum
g. Resultant of Coplanar Forces
a. Principle of Linear Impulse and Momentum
h. Distributed loads.
b. Conservation of Linear Momentum of a System of
6. Equilibrium of a Rigid Body Particles
a. Free-body Diagrams c. Impact of Colliding Particles
b. Equations of Equilibrium d. Angular Momentum
e. Relation Between Moment of a Force and Angular
7. Friction
Momentum
a. Introductory Concepts
f. Principle of Angular Impulse and Momentum
b. Coulomb’s Theory of Dry Friction
c. Wedges 11. Centroids and Centers of Gravity
d. Flexible Belts a. Center of Gravity, Center of Mass, and the Centroid
of a Body
8. Kinetics of a Particle: Force and Acceleration
b. Composite Bodies
a. Equation of Motion
b. Equations of Motion: Rectangular Coordinates

LEARNING RESOURCES:
1. Beer, Ferdinand P., E. Russel Johnston, Jr., David F. Mazurek, and Philip J. Cornwell. Vector Mechanics for Engineers
Statics and Dynamics, Tenth Edition. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2013.
2. Hibbeler, R. C. Engineering Mechanics: Statics and Dynamics, twelfth edition. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2010.
3. Meriam, J. L. and L.G. Kraige. Engineering Mechanics Vo. II Statics, Fifth edition. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 2002.
4. Munar, Maria Victoria B. Developed Worktext in Statics of Rigid Bodies.