MER 201 - Statics

Course Units: 1

(Fall, Winter) A basic engineering mechanics course concerned with the equilibrium of non-deformable bodies at rest or moving with a constant velocity on a straight path. Free body diagrams, Newtonian mechanics, vectors and the calculus are used to solve problems throughout the course. Topics include force vectors and systems, equilibrium, trusses, frames, friction, center of gravity, centroids, moments of inertia and fluid hydrostatics. Prerequisite(s): [ PHY 120 & ( MTH 112 or MTH 113 ) ] or IMP 120