Title, Course, Number, and Credit Hours. Vector and scalar treatment of forces. Resultants, equilibrium, friction, centroids, moments and products of inertia, external and internal forces. Applications to pulleys, trusses, frames, beams, friction. Math 192 and Physics 251 are adequate prerequisites.
Statics is a prerequisite for many upper level engineering courses.
This course gives students the first opportunity to use their science and mathematics background for solving problems that are specifically engineering. This course is aimed at Engineering Physics majors, Industrial Engineering majors and pre- engineering students. The level of problem solving is not reached in any other introductory engineering course. This course requires a background in physics and math, and is aimed at developing problem solving skills. Engineering curricula require a separate course in Statics or Engineering Mechanics.