| Course Name | Engineering Mechanics for Aerospace |
| Course Code | 23AEE111 |
| Program | B. Tech. in Aerospace Engineering |
| Semester | 2 |
| Credits | 3 |
| Campus | Coimbatore |
Statics of rigid bodies: Introduction to vector approach – Forces in 2D and 3D – resolution of forces – Moment of force about a point and an axis – equivalent force couple system – Free body diagrams – support reactions- rigid body equilibrium , Application of statics: Structures-2D truss, Method of joints, Method of section. Friction- Dry friction (static and kinematics).
Centroid and canter of gravity of composite bodies, Moment of Inertia: First and second moment of area and mass, radius of gyration, parallel axis theorem, product of inertia.
Kinematics of Particles : Introduction to Reference frames, translation and rotation of a frame, Linear velocity, angular velocity , Linear and angular acceleration ,Rectilinear motion, curvilinear motion rectangular, normal tangential, polar, cylindrical, spherical (coordinates), relative and constrained motion, space curvilinear motion.
Kinetics of Particles: Newton second law of motion, work and energy, impulse and momentum, impact.
Dynamics of Rigid Bodies: Translation, fixed axis rotation, general planner motion, velocity and acceleration calculation in moving frames – Corioil’s acceleration, impulse-momentum and associated conservation principles, Euler equations of motion and its application.
Course Objectives
Understand the fundamental concepts of mechanics and application of the same in the engineering problems in order to solve problems for simple static equilibrium conditions.
Course Outcomes
CO1: Know how to write Force and Moment in vector format.
CO2: Perform static equilibrium analysis of a Particle and Rigid body.
CO3: Estimate the moment of inertia of composite areas.
CO4: Determine the kinematic variables of particles in different coordinates.
CO5: Calculate the velocity and acceleration of rigid bodies in moving frame.
CO-PO Mapping
| PO/PSO | PO1 | PO2 | PO3 | PO4 | PO5 | PO6 | PO7 | PO8 | PO9 | PO10 | PO11 | PO12 | PSO1 | PSO2 |
PSO3 |
| CO | |||||||||||||||
| CO1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
| CO2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
| CO3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | – | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
| CO4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
| CO5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Assessment | Internal | End
Semester |
| Midterm Exam | 30 | |
| *Continuous Assessment (CA) | 30 | |
| End Semester | 40 |
*•CA – Can be Quizzes, Assignment, Projects, and Reports
Text Book(s)
Beer,F.P. &Johnston,E.R., “Vector Mechanics for Engineers-Statics and Dynamics”, 12 edition, McGraw Hill International Book Co., 2019.
Reference Book(s)
Hibbeler, R.C., “Engineering Mechanics- Statics and Dynamics”, 14th edition, Pearson Education Pvt. Ltd., 2017.
J.L. Meriam and L.G. Kraige, “Engineering Mechanics – Statics”, 9th edition, John Wiley & sons, 2018.
J.L. Meriam and L.G. Kraige, “Engineering Mechanics – Dynamics”, 9th edition,
John Wiley & sons, 2018. Shames,I.H, “Engineering Mechanics-Statics and Dynamics”, 4th edition , Prentice-Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., 2005.
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