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ENGR 310 - Engineering Mechanics: Statics

3 Credits
This course serves as an introduction the principles of mechanics and their application to engineering systems in equilibrium. Topics include: force vectors and vector operations; force system resultants, moments of forces and distributed loads; equilibrium of rigid bodies; structural analysis of trusses, frames and machines; internal forces including the shearing force, normal force and bending moment; frictional forces; centers of gravity and centroids; moments of inertia; the principle of virtual work.
Prerequisite(s): MATH 220 - Calculus III  and PHYS 140 - Introductory Physics II  


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