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CHAPTER VECTOR MECHANICS FOR ENGINEERS:

1
STATICS
Ferdinand P. Beer
E. Russell Johnston, Jr.
Introduction
Lecture Notes:
J. Walt Oler
Texas Tech University

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Contents
What is Mechanics?
Fundamental Concepts
Fundamental Principles
Systems of Units

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What is Mechanics?
• Mechanics is the science which describes and predicts
the conditions of rest or motion of bodies under the
action of forces.

• Categories of Mechanics:
- Rigid bodies
- Statics
- Dynamics
- Deformable bodies
- Fluids

• Mechanics is an applied science - it is not an abstract


or pure science but does not have the empiricism
found in other engineering sciences.

• Mechanics is the foundation of most engineering sciences


and is an indispensable prerequisite to their study.

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What is Mechanics?

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Fundamental Concepts
• Space - associated with the notion of the position of a point P given in
terms of three coordinates measured from a reference point or origin.
• Time - definition of an event requires specification of the time and
position at which it occurred.

• Mass - used to characterize and compare bodies, e.g., response to


earth’s gravitational attraction and resistance to changes in
translational motion.

• Force - represents the action of one body on another. A force is


characterized by its point of application, magnitude, and direction, i.e.,
a force is a vector quantity.

In Newtonian Mechanics, space, time, and mass are absolute concepts,


independent of each other. Force, however, is not independent of the
other three. The force acting on a body is related to the mass of the body
and the variation of its velocity with time.
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Fundamental Principles
• Newton’s First Law: If the resultant force on a
particle is zero, the particle will remain at rest
or continue to move in a straight line.

• Newton’s Second Law: A particle will have


an acceleration proportional to a nonzero
• Parallelogram Law resultant applied force.
 
F ma
• Newton’s Third Law: The forces of action and
reaction between two particles have the same
magnitude and line of action with opposite
sense.

• Newton’s Law of Gravitation: Two particles


are attracted with equal and opposite forces,
• Principle of Transmissibility Mm GM
F G 2 W mg , g  2
r R
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Systems of Units
• International System of Units (SI):
The basic units are length, time, and
mass which are arbitrarily defined as the
• Kinetic Units: length, time, mass, meter (m), second (s), and kilogram
and force. (kg). Force is the derived unit,
F ma
• Three of the kinetic units, referred to  m
as basic units, may be defined
 
1 N  1 kg  1 2 
 s 
arbitrarily. The fourth unit, referred
to as a derived unit, must have a • U.S. Customary Units:
definition compatible with Newton’s The basic units are length, time, and
2nd Law, force which are arbitrarily defined as the
  foot (ft), second (s), and pound (lb).
F ma Mass is the derived unit,
F
m
a
1 lb
1slug 
1 ft s
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