Course Description:
CEGR 304 Engineering Mechanics - Four hours lecture; 4 credits.  Resolution, composition, and equilibrium of forces. Analysis of force systems; center of gravity; and moments of inertia. Motion study; Newton's Laws and work-energy, impulse-momentum, and power.

                  Prerequisites: MATH 242 (Calculus II) and PHYS 205 (Physics I).
Course Objective:
Introduce and familiarize students with the analysis of the equilibrium of bodies under the action of forces and the motion of bodies not in force equilibrium. Emphasize the use of vector oriented methods, and logical and orderly approach to problem solving. Provide through one or more short term projects, an introduction to problem formulation and solution, and use of computational tools.
Course Syllabus:
Week                                      Topics

1 & 2  Some basic concepts, units, introducing vectors and their
            representation, and vector algebra.
2 & 3  Equilibrium of Particles in 2D, free-body diagrams. Equi-
            librium of Particles in 3D.
3 & 4  Equilibrium of Rigid Bodies in 2D. Equilibrium of Rigid
            Bodies in 3D.
5 & 6  Center of Gravity, Centroid, and Distributed Force.
            Moments of inertia.
6 & 7    Introducing analysis of structures.
8          Kinematics of Particles.
9          BREAK
10        Kinetics of Particles: Newton's 2^nd Law.
11-13  Kinetics of Particles: Work and Energy, power.  Linear
            impulse and momentum. Systems of Particles.
13 -15  Kinematics and kinetics of rigid bodies: Planar motion;
            work and energy. Kinetics of rigid bodies,Comprehensive
            Review.

Dr. Iheanyi Eronini, Morgan State University