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Lecture 01
Lecture 01
Fall 2003
Mr. Hinds
3523 EB
hinds@msu.edu
Administrative Details
• Syllabus will be posted on the web
– www.angel.msu.edu (Angel)
• Lecture attendance
– Web will be used for announcements but not all important
announcements given in class may be posted on the web
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Administrative Details cont.
• Exams
– Dates set and given on syllabus
• first test date set for 100% refund drop date
– Format
• closed book, closed notes, calculator
– Excused absences: See syllabus
– Philosophy
• Most problems like HW; some problems
conceptually same as HW but somewhat different
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Administrative Details cont.
• Homework & quizzes
– solutions will be posted
– all or partial problems will be graded
– lecture quizzes used as “scrimmages”
• quizzes in the last 15-20 minutes of lecture
• similar to assigned homework
• generally announced - some unannounced
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Administrative Details cont.
Questions??
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ENGINEERING…
The Future and the
Challenges…..??
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Problem Solving Strategy
1 - Modeling of physical problem (free body diagram)
2 - Expressing the governing physical laws in
mathematical form
3 - Solving the governing equations
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Mechanics Reform
• Textbook offers a departure from past standards
– recognizes the power of computer software in solving
problems
• MathCAD, MatLab, Maple, Mathmatica, VB, etc.
• calculators may be effectively utilized as well
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Mechanics Reform cont.
• Software helps us with:
– trigonometry
– units conversion
– systems of equations
– iterative problems for design purposes
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Mechanics
• Broadly defined as the study of bodies that
are acted upon by forces.
• Types of bodies
– particles (considered rigid bodies)
– rigid bodies - relative distance between any two
points remains constant throughout motion
– deformable bodies
– fluids
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Mechanics Overview
Statics Rigid Static
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And now ...
Statics
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Chapter 1: Measurement
•Newton’s Laws of Motion
•Space and Events
•Vectors and Scalars
•SI Units (Metric)
•U.S. Customary Units
•Unit Conversion
•Scientific Notation
•Significant Figures
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Basics: Newton’s Laws
•Every body or particle continues in a state of rest or of
uniform motion in a straight line, unless it is compelled
to change that state by forces acting upon it.
(Law of Inertia)
F=Gm1m2/r2
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Basics
• Space -- we need to know the position of particles
y mi
x
z
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International System of Units:The SI system
Length meters m
Time seconds s
Mass kilogram kg
Force Newton N 1 kg
m/s2
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U.S. Customary Units
Length foot ft
Time seconds s
*Remember: W= mg
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Numerical Answers
• Significant figures
– Use 3 significant digits
– If first digit is 1, then use next 3
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END OF BASICS
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