Objectives: 10/2/2019 Chapter 1 General Principles 1
Objectives: 10/2/2019 Chapter 1 General Principles 1
Statics Dynamics
10/2/2019 Chapter 1 General Principles 3
Rigid Body Mechanics
Dynamics – Accelerated
motion of bodies
levers
pulleys
inclined plane
Archimedes (287-212 B.C.)
Newton(1642-1727)
Conceived as a succession of
events. Concepts of STATICS are
time independent.
kg m
1N 1 2
s
g 32.2 ft 2
s
lb s 2
1 slug 1
ft
Force : 1 lb 4.4482 N
Mass : 1 slug 14.5938 kg
Length : 1 ft 0.3048 m
m m 1 ft ft ft
0.556 0.556 1.824 1.82
s s 0.3048 m s s
Recall that 1 ft = 0.3038 m