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2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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ETSC 311 - Statics


Description:
Introductory statics including forces and equilibrium. Principles of structures including trusses, beams, frames, machines and friction. This course consists of four hours of lecture each week. Formerly IET 311, students may not receive credit for both. Course will be offered every year (Fall, Winter).

Prerequisites:

Prerequisites: PHYS 111 or PHYS 181. Pre or Co-requisite: MATH 173.

Credits: (4)

Learner Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

  • ABET SO 3b: Students will understand the relationships between metric and US units and have the ability to work in both arenas. A foundation for problem solving techniques is developed and students will be able to apply analytical skills in engineering statics, the study of forces on objects at rest.
  • ABET SO 3b: Demonstrate an understanding of vectors and be able to express and resolve vectors in two and three dimensions.
  • ABET SO Mc: Draw a free body diagram and solve for unknown forces in two and three dimensions for particle and rigid body systems. Demonstrate analytical skills by solving for unknown forces.
  • ABET SO 3b: Students will be able to perform vector operations of dot and cross product and use these principals to solve for unknown forces in three dimensions. Demonstrate the ability to use the concepts of moments and couples in qualitative and quantitative applications.
  • ABET SO 3b: Apply the method of joints and sections to determine the forces in a truss’s members. Obtain the ability to determine joint reactions of simple frames or machines.
  • ABET SO 3b: Students will understand the concept of friction and analyze rigid bodies subjected to dry friction.
  • ABET SO 3b: Understand the concepts of center of gravity, center of mass, and the centroid. Be able to calculate the center of gravity and centroid of shapes.
  • ABET SO 3b: Be able to conceptualize fluid pressure and calculate hydrostatic forces.
Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
12/7/17



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