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General Principles: Statics: Ce201

This document provides an overview of the key topics covered in Chapter 1 of the Statics course, including: 1) Statics deals with forces and equilibrium of rigid bodies that are at rest or moving with constant velocity. It is a branch of mechanics along with dynamics and strength of materials. 2) The fundamental concepts of statics include length, time, mass, force, particles, rigid bodies, and concentrated forces. 3) The International System of Units (SI units) provides the standard units of measurement for mechanics. 4) Numerical calculations in engineering generally round answers to three significant figures.

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General Principles: Statics: Ce201

This document provides an overview of the key topics covered in Chapter 1 of the Statics course, including: 1) Statics deals with forces and equilibrium of rigid bodies that are at rest or moving with constant velocity. It is a branch of mechanics along with dynamics and strength of materials. 2) The fundamental concepts of statics include length, time, mass, force, particles, rigid bodies, and concentrated forces. 3) The International System of Units (SI units) provides the standard units of measurement for mechanics. 4) Numerical calculations in engineering generally round answers to three significant figures.

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2/1/2012

STATICS: CE201

Chapter 1 General Principles


Notes are prepared based on: Engineering Mechanics, Statics by R. C. Hibbeler, 12E Pearson

Dr M. Touahmia & Dr M. Boukendakdji Civil Engineering Department, University of Hail (2011/2012)

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General Principles

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Chapter Goals: Explain mechanics / statics. To review the principles for applying the SI system of units.

Contents: 1 2 3 4 5 Mechanics Fundamental Concepts Units of Measurements The International System of Units Numerical Calculations

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Mechanics

Mechanics is a branch of physical sciences which deals with the state of rest or motion of rigid bodies that are subjected to the action of forces. It is divided into three parts: mechanics of rigid bodies, mechanics of deformable bodies and mechanics of fluids. This course treats only Rigid-Body Mechanics which forms a suitable basis for the design and analysis of Civil Engineering Structures.

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Parts of Mechanics
Mechanics

Mechanics of Rigid-Body

Mechanics of Deformable Body

Mechanics of fluid

Statics

Dynamics

Strength of Materials

Compresible Fluids

Incompresible Fluids

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Mechanics of Rigid Body


The Mechanics of Rigid Bodies is divided into two parts: Statics and Dynamics. Statics: Deals with the equilibrium of bodies, that is, those that are either at rest or move with a constant velocity. Dynamics: Deals with the motion of rigid bodies caused by unbalanced force acting on them. It will be dealt in next semester.

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What is statics?

Statics is actually the application of mathematics and basic physics (Newtons laws) to study forces in materials, machines and structures. Forces are of interest to engineers for two reasons:

they cause materials to deform and break, and they cause things to move.

Statics is used to calculate forces in systems that dont move, or move at constant velocity

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Fundamental Concepts

Length: Used to locate the position of a point in space and thereby describe the size of a physical system. Time: Conceived as a succession of events. Mass: A property of matter by which we can compare the action of one body with that of another. Force: Generally considered as a Push or Pull exerted by one body on another. Force is characterized by magnitude, direction and point of application.

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Fundamental Concepts

Particle: An object having a mass but a size that can be neglected. Rigid Body: A combination of a large number of particles which remain at a fixed distance relative to each other before and after applying a load. Concentrated Force: Represents the effect of a loading which is assumed to act at a point on a body.

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Units of Measurement
The four Basic Quantities are: force, mass, length, time Newtons 2nd law relates them: F = m* a We use this equation to develop systems of units. Three of four units (mass, length, time), called base units, are arbitrarily defined and the fourth (force) is derived.

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International System of Units


The SI units is a Modern version of metric system which has received worldwide recognition.

Acceleration of gravity: g = 9.8 m/ s2

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Prefix

When a numerical quantity is either very large or very small, the units used to define its size may be modified by using a prefix:

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Numerical Calculations

Dimensional Homogeneity: The terms of any equation used to describe a physical process must be dimensionally homogeneous. Rounding off Numbers: A calculated result should always be rounded off to an appropriate number of significant figures. Calculations: In engineering we generally round off final answers to three significant figures since the data for geometry, load, and other measurements are often reported with this accuracy.

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