Engineering mechanics

Course title: Engineering mechanics

Code: FEIT08Z008

Number of credits (ECTS): 6

Weekly number of classes: 3+2+0+0

Prerequisite for enrollment of the subject: Taken course: Physics 1

Course goals/Competences: The goal is to guide the students into the engineering terminology, through studying of basic laws of engineering mechanics - the laws of rigid body mechanics and fluid mechanics. The students achieve deep technical and professional introduction of engineering mechanics and its application in solving exact problems from engineering practice.

Total available number of classes: 180

Curriculum: Introduction to engineering mechanics. Mechanics of rigid body. Static equilibrium of rigid body. Beams. Centroid, center of mass and gravity. Moment of inertia. Basic notions of strength of materials. Types of stresses and strains. Influence of the temperature on strains. Stress-strain diagram. Design of beams subjected to different types of loading. Continuum mechanics. Diagram of hydrostatic pressure. Fluid pressure. Fluid dynamics. Stationary and nonstationary fluid flows. Ojler equations. Continuity equation. Geometrical and energetic aspect of Bernuli equation. Fluid flow in rotating cylinders. Energy loss of fluid flow. Practice experience of engineering mechanics.

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