Introduction

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Three Branches of "Mechanics"

Rigid body mechanics (Classical mechanics)

• Statics - the study of bodies in equilibrium (zero acceleration)
• Dynamics - the study of the accelerated motion of bodies

Deformable body mechanics (Mechanics of materials)

Fluid mechanics

Overview of Semester Topics

Kinematics - the study of how objects move without regard to the forces associated with that motion

• Particles (Exam I)
• Rigid bodies (Exam II)

Kinetics - the study of the relationship between the motion and the forces that cause the motion

• Using Newton's laws
  • Particles
  • Rigid bodies (Exam III)
• Using work and energy methods
  • Particles
  • Rigid bodies
• Using impulse and moments methods
  • Particles (Exam IV)