Statics and kinematicsLaajuus (3 ECTS)

Objective

The student understands that loads create internal forces and couples. The student can calculate the internal forces and moments and present force and moment diagrams. The student is familiar with the solution of three dimensional equilibrium problems.

In kinematics the student learns how to determine the position, velocity and acceleration in plane motion.

Content

1. Statics: trusses, internal forces and moments, equilibrium in three dimensions
2. Kinematics of particles and rigid bodies in two dimensions

Qualifications

Statics
Basics of mechanics
Mathematics 1-2

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

1. The student can calculate internal forces and moments in beams supporting concentrated loads. The student can draw force and moment diagrams.
2. The student can determine the position, velocity and acceleration of a particle in uniform and uniformly accelerated rectilinear and circular motion.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

1. The student can calculate internal forces and moments in beams supporting concentrated couples and distributed loads. The student can draw force and moment diagrams.
2. The student knows how to use tangential and normal coordinates for analyzing general plane motion of a particle. The student can apply equations of kinematics to the rotation of rigid bodies.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

1. The student knows how to use equilibrium equations to calculate reactions of three dimensional rigid bodies
2. The student can determine velocities and accelerations of a point in a rigid body in general plane motion