Summer B, 2005
Syllabus
INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Wei-Yu Bao, room: EC 3234, phone: 305.348.6863, email: baow@fiu.edu,
web: http://faculty.eng.fiu.edu/~wbao
CLASSROOM: EC 1116
SCHEDULE: 4:10
– 6:55 pm TR
OFFICE HRS: 2:30
– 5:30 pm M
TEXTBOOK: Engineering
Mechanics: Statics, by W.F. Riley and L.D. Sturges, 2nd
Edition, Wiley & Sons, 1996, ISBN: 047105333
Engineering
Mechanics: Dynamics, by R.C. Hibbeler, 10th Edition, Pearson Prentice Hall,
2004, ISBN: 0131416782
Reference Boos: Engineering Mechanics: Statics + Dynamics, by A. Bedford, W. Fowler, 4th
Edition, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005, ISBN: 0131463292
TENTATIVE LECTURE SCHEDULE:
Week of Contents
Jun. 30 Introduction of Applied Mechanics
Jul.
4 Equilibrium of a Particle, Resultant
of Concurrent Forces, Components of a Force
Jul.
11 Equilibrium of a
Rigid Body, Moment of a
Force and Distributed Forces, Center of Gravity
Jul.
18 Introduce to
Mechanics of Materials, Trusses, Frames, Bending in a beam and Cables
Jul. 25 Kinematics and Kinetics
of a Particle
Aug. 1 Kinematics and Kinetics of a Rigid Body
Aug. 8 Energy and Momentum Methods, Final Exam (Aug. 11)
GRADING POLICY:
Quizzes 30%
Homework 30%
Final Exam (Aug. 11) 40%
A = 95 – 100% B+ =
85 – 89% C+ = 70 – 74% D = 50 – 60%
A- = 90 – 94% B =
80 – 84% C = 65 – 69% F = below 50%
B- = 75 – 79% C- = 60 – 64%