An Engineering Statics Outline
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Introduction |
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Objective: State Newton's Laws and apply them to the study of statics |
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Objective: tate the importance of drawing a correct Free Body Diagram |
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Design |
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Objective: State the three steps of the design process: Conceptual Design, Design Development, and Final Design |
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Objective: Explain the importance of proper statics analysis to the Development phase |
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Problem Solving |
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Objective: Illustrate the problem solving process and adopt this process for all problem solution |
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Objective: State the six steps of the problem solving process. |
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Objective: Explain the real-world importance of documenting the solution (i.e.,"showing your work") |
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Units |
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Objective: Use unit conversion to manipulate the units provided in a problem statement in order to get the desired output units. |
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Objective: State the base units and abbreviations used in the US and S.I. systems. |
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Objective: State the S.I. prefixes for positive and negative powers of ten up to 10^3. |
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Objective: Recognize and name the letters of the Greek alphabet. |
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Forces in Statics |
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Objective: Identify ten kinds of forces (five pairs) |
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Objective: State the importance of correctly identifying loads on a structure. |
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Mass vs. Force |
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Objective: State the units of mass and force in the US and S.I. systems |
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Objective: Define the unit kips. |
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Objective: Calculate the force of gravity on an object of a given mass. |
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Objective: Explain the difference between force and mass |
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Algebra Review |
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Objective: Solve one equation with one unknown |
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Objective: Solve two equations with two unknowns |
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Objective: Use substitution to solve algebraic equations |
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Objective: Use elimination to solve algebraic equations |
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Trigonometry Review |
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Objective: Use the definitions of sin, cos, and tan to find the sides and angles of right triangles |
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Objective: Use the law of sines, law of cosines, and law of tangents to solve polygons |
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Objective: Relate the Pythagorean Theorem to the Law of Cosines |
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Geometry Review |
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Objective: Use the principles of parallel lines to find equal, supplementary, and complementary angles. |
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Objective: Given two adjacent interior angles on a triangle, find the exterior angle of the opposite point. |
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Objective: Describe the result when a perpendicular is drawn from the hypotenuse to the opposite vertex. |
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Objective: Explain what is meant by "similar triangles" |
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Objective: Find the measure and sum of the interior and exterior angles on an n-sided polygon. |
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Objective: Find the properties of an arc segment given the radius and included angle |
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Significant Digits |
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Objective: State the rules of significant digits. |
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Objective: Given a calculation involving numbers, correctly determine the number significant digits in the result. |
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Objective: Discriminate between measurements and exact numbers. |
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Objective: Discriminate between the rules for significant digits when adding & subtracting, and those when multiplying and dividing. |
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Objective: Discriminate between accuracy and precision |