Course Objectives:

1. To understand the resolving forces and moments for a given force system.
2. To analyze the types of friction for moving bodies and problems related to friction.
3. To determine the centroid and second moment of area.
4. The primary purpose of the study of engineering mechanics is to develop the capacity to predict the effects of force and motion while carrying out the creative design functions of engineering.
5. This capacity requires more than a mere knowledge of the physical and mathematical principles of mechanics; also required is the ability to visualize physical configurations in terms of real materials, actual constraints ,and the practical limitations which govern the behaviour of machines and structures.
6. One of the primary objectives in a mechanics course is to help the student to develop this ability to visualize, which is so vital to problem formulation.
7. Indeed, the construction of a meaningful mathematical model is often a more important experience than its solution.
8. Maximum progress is made when the principles and their limitations are learned together within the context of engineering application.

Text Books :

1. Singer’s Engineering Mechanics Statics and Dynamics/ K. Vijaya Kumar Reddy, J.Suresh Kumar/ BSP
2. Engineering Mechanics/ Irving Shames, G. Krishna Mohan Rao / Prentice Hall
3. Foundations and applications of Engineering Mechanics by HD Ram and AK Chouhan,Cambridge publications.

Reference Books :

1. A Text of Engineering Mechanics /YVD Rao/ K. Govinda Rajulu/ M. Manzoor Hussain/ Academic Publishing Company
2. Engineering Mechanics / Bhattacharyya/ Oxford.

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