SCET 2300 - Structures I - Engineering Statics

4.5 Credits

Students learn the basic principles of statics, free body diagrams, equilibrium, force systems, and friction.

Prerequisites: (2) MATH 1240 and MATH 1430 and PHYS 1010

Lecture Hours: 4.5
Lab Hours: 0.0
Internship Hours: 0.0
Clinical or Practicum Hours: 0.0

Course Objectives

Demonstrate applications of statics and the mathematics of statics
Apply principles of statics.
Determine resultants of coplanar force system.
Apply the concepts of equilibrium to various structures.
Analyze a truss.
Define friction and the forces associated with friction.
Calculate the location of the centroid.
Determine the moment of inertia of an object

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