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)