MECH 2200 - Statics

Credit Hours: 3

This course will emphasize the study of forces acting on rigid bodies at rest. Concepts of force, moment, couple, force components, force resultants, concentrated and distributed loads, basics of static equilibrium of machines and structures, friction, centroids and moments of inertia will be covered. Emphasis will be placed on the concept of developing free body diagrams for simple mechanical structures and their resultant force equilibrium solutions. Three hours of lecture.

Prerequisite: MATH 1230 or MATH 1410 or MATH 2410 or MATH 2420