University of New South Wales

Engineering Mechanics

ENGG1300

Iowa State Course Substitution

Statics Requirement

IE

Course Info

International Credits: 6.0
Converted Credits: 4.0
Country: Australia
Language: English
Course Description:

This is the foundational mechanics course for students in Aerospace, Civil, Envirionmental, Manufacturing, Mechanical, Mechatronics, with content as follows: Revision of vectors, resultants and components, moments; The free body diagram; Equilibrium of planar rigid objects; Equilibrium of systems of co-planar multi-force members and planar trusses; Frames and Machines, Springs; Friction; Mass Center, centroids, distributed forces, interval forces in beams; Introduction to 3-dimensional statics; Plane particle kinematics, including curvilinear and relative motion; Particle Kinetics, including equations of motion, work-energy-power, friction, impulse momentum, impact. Kinetics of systems of particles. Introduction to plane kinematics of rigid bodies, types of rigid body motion (translation, and rotation about a fixed axis). Mass moment of inertia, parallel axis theorem, moment of inertia for various shapes, Introduction to plane kinetics of rigid bodies, rigid body in plane motion, equations of motion, work-energy for a rigid body.

Review

Evaluated Date:
January 5, 2026
Evaluated:
Frank Peters
Expiration Date:
January 5, 2031