Engineering Mechanics 1-50 Flashcards
What is the branch of engineering mechanics which refers to the study of stationary rigid body?
Statics
What is the branch of engineering mechanics which refers to the study of rigid body in motion under the action of forces?
Dynamics
What is the branch of engineering mechanics which refers to the study of rigid body in motion without reference of the force that causes the motion?
Kinematics
What refers to the force that holds part of the rigid body together?
Internal force
What refers to a pair of equal, opposite and parallel forces?
Couple
What is a concurrent force system?
All forces act at the same point.
When will a three-force member be considered in equilibrium?
When they are concurrent or paralle
A roller support has how many reaction
1
A link or cable support has how many reaction?
1
Which support has one moment?
Fixed support
What is the science that describes and predicts the effect on bodies at rest or in motion by forces acting on it?
Engineering mechanics
What refers to a negligible body when compared to the distances involved
Particle
The resulting force of a distributed load is always acting at:
The centroid of the are of the loading curve
The resultang force of a distributed load is always equal to:
A the area under the loading curve
When a body has more supports than are necessar to maintain equilibrium, the body is said to be
in
static equilibrium
When does an equation be considered “dimensionally homogeneous”?
When the dimensions of various terms on the left side of the equation is the same as the dimensions of the various terms on the right side.
What refers to the branch of mathematics which deals with the dimensions of quantities
Dimensional analysis
What is a “Simple beam”?
A beam supported only at its