Introduction To Engineering Mechanics
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Farieysha Binti Rohzi.ENGINEERING MECHANICS:
STATICS
BNJ 10203
Lecture #01
By: Pn. Dalila Binti Mohd Harun
Faculty of Engineering Technology, FTK
Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM)
STATICS
Basic Unit
Length Mass Time Force
(m) (kg) (s) (N)
IMPORTANT UNDERSTAND
Third
Law
Newton
Law
First Second
Law Law
1st Newton Law
A particle originally at rest or moving in a straight line
with constant velocity will remain in this state provided
the particulars not subjected to an unbalanced force.
F1 F2 V
F3
2nd Newton Law
A particle acted upon by an unbalanced force. F
experiences an acceleration, a, that has the same direction
as the force and a magnitude that is directly proportional
to the force.
F=ma
a
F
3rd Newton Law
The mutual forces of action and reaction on between two
particles are equal, opposite and collinear.
F F
a b
The International system of units
Exponential
Form Prefix SI Symbol
Multiple
1 000 000 000 109 Giga G
1 000 000 106 Mega M
1 000 103 Kilo k
Sub-Multiple
0.001 10-3 Milli m
0.000 001 10-6 Micro
0.000 000 001 10-9 nano n
The International system of units (SI)
Numerical Calculations
Significant Figures
Accuracy of a number is specified by the
number of significant figures it contains.
A significant figure is any digit including
zero e.g. 5604 and 34.52 have four
significant numbers.
When numbers begin or end with zero, we
make use of prefixes to clarify the number
of significant figures e.g. 400 as one
significant figure would be 0.4(103).
Example
(400 mm) (0.6 MN) [400(10 ) m][0.6(10 )N]
2 3 6 2
[400(10 ) m][0.36(10 )N ]
3 12 2
144(10 ) m.N
9 2
144Gm.N 2
Exercises
Evaluate each of the following to three significant
figures and express each answer in SI units using
appropriate prefix:
a. (684 m) /(43ms)
b. (28 ms)(0.0458 Mm) /(348 mg)
c. (2.68 mm)(426 Mg)
