ENGG102 - Week 1

1-Dimensions and Units

2- Newton's laws of motion
Mechanics

Mechanics is the branch of Physics dealing with the study of

motion.

Mechanics may be divided into three branches: statics, which

deals with forces acting on and in a body at rest; kinematics,
which describes the possible motions of a body or system of
bodies; and kinetics, which attempts to explain or predict the
motion that will occur in a given situation.
 Units.
 Systems of units.
 Conversion.
 Order of magnitude.
 Significant figures.
 Metric system
 length
 The world’s largest ball of string is about 2 m in
radius. To the nearest order of magnitude, what is the
total length, L, of the string of the ball?
The Planck time is the time it would take a photon travelling at the
speed of light to across a distance equal to the Planck length.
• PROBLEMS: NEWTON’S LAWS OF MOTION
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PROBLEMS: NEWTON’S LAWS OF MOTION
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1 - Find the acceleration of the object
2 - The figure shows two blocks with two forces acting on
the pair. Is the net force on the larger block (a) greater than 2
N, (b) equal to 2 N, or (c) less than 2N?
3 - Two blocks tied together by a string are being pulled across the
table by a horizontal force. The blocks have frictional forces exerted
on them by the table as shown.
a. What is the net force acting on the entire two‐block system?
b. What is the acceleration of this system?
c. What force is exerted on the 2‐kg block by the connecting string?
d. What is the net force on 4‐kgblock?
4 – A helicopter rises vertically,
carrying concrete. A 35‐kg bag of
concrete sits in the helicopter on
a spring scale whose spring
constant is 3.4kN/m. By how
much does the spring compress

a) When the helicopter is at rest?

b) When it's accelerating upward at
1.9m/s2?
5 - A 2.0-kg mass and a 3.0-kg mass are on a horizontal
frictionless surface, connected by a massless spring with
spring constant k = 140 N/m. A 15-N force is applied to
the larger mass, as shown in figure below how much
does the spring stretch from its equilibrium length?
 Engineering Method: Example and Exercise
Read the attached example and use the 6-steps to solve the exercise.

Homework: Solve Textbook Problems

Develop answers to questions –
Text: Fundamentals of Engineering Mechanics - Section 1: Introduction to Engineering Analysis; Hagen.
Do these questions independently and compare your answers with your team members.
To be completed as homework.

2.21 The typical home is heated by a forced air furnace that burns natural gas or fuel oil. If the
heat output of the furnace is 150,000 Btu/h, what is the heat output in units of kW?

2.37. A sport-utility vehicle has an engine that delivers 290 hp. How much power does the
engine produce in units of kW and Btu/h?