Applied Mechanics 1 - Statics

The East Tennessee State University Departments of Mathematics, Physics, and Technology will jointly offer a standard introductory course in Statics during Fall 1998. The course will be offered as MATH 2610 and taught by Dr. Robert Gardner. Those desiring to take the class for Physics or Technology credit should contact those departments for details on registering. The class will be held in Room 212 of Gilbreath Hall at 12:35 -1:30 on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.

The prerequisite is Calculus 2 (MATH 1120). This class is designed to transfer into any engineering program and should transfer as follows:

University
Course Number
Tennessee Tech
Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) 211
University of Tennessee
Basic Engineering (BE) 121
Virginia Tech
Engineering Science and Mechanics (ESM) 1004
Students should consult with their advisers to verify that the class will transfer to their desired engineering school.

The text to be used is Engineering Mechanics - Statics, 2nd Edition, by A. Bedford and W. Fowler (ISBN 0-201-49866-9), published by Addison-Wesley. The following topics will be covered:

  1. Vectors: vectors, scalars, dot product, cross product.
  2. Forces and Moments: free body diagrams, moment vectors, couples.
  3. Equilibria: members, trusses, joints, frames, machines.
  4. Centroids: centroids, Theroems of Pappus.
  5. Distributed Forces: shear, bending, load.
  6. Friction: wedges, belts, slipping.
  7. Moments of Inertia: Parallel-Axis Theorems, bars, plates.
For a detailed copy of the syllabus, check out the web page: http://www.etsu.edu/math/gardner/statsyl.htm.

This class is a cornerstone of both ETSU's old "Engineering Transfer" program (on the web, see www.etsu.edu/scitech/entc/programs/TRANSOUT.HTM) as well as the proposed revised version of this program (see http://www.etsu.edu/math/gardner/peng.htm for details).

This course is the first of two planned courses to be offered by the Math Department to strengthen the pre-engineering major (PENG) at ETSU. Given sufficient interest, Applied Mechanics 2 - Dynamics will be offered in the Spring of 1999.

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