Engineering Mechanics

Course title: Engineering Mechanics

Code: 3ФЕИТ08З006

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 (acquired competencies): Using the basic laws of mechanics (statics, strength of materials and mechanics of fluids) in modeling and solving specific engineering problems in electrical engineering.

Total available number of classes: 180

Course Syllabus: Introduction to engineering mechanics. Application in engineering problems in the field of electrical engineering. Statics. Equations of equilibrium. Diagram of the free body, bearing supports, planar beams. Static calculations of chains (cables) with concentrated load and distributed load. Static problems - examples. Introduction to strength of materials. Types of stress and strains. Dimensioning. Examples of stress and strains in photovoltaic modules. Stress and strains of shear, bending and torsion. Self loaded chains and cables. Mechanical calculations for overhead cable lines. Introduction to Fluid Mechanics. Hydrostatic pressure surface. Use in dams in hidroenergetic facilities. Fluid dynamics. Steady and unsteady fluid flow. Bernoulli equation. Flow of fluid smooth rotating channels. Energy losses in the fluid motion. Fluid dynamics in closed and open channels, pipelines, turbines, wind turbines and others.

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