The flow of the course

Watch this video to see how experiments, analysis and design will expand your knowledge of Engineering Mechanics and your ability to use it. It’s a fresh approach and we hope you’ll enjoy it.

We’ll introduce you to a wide range of forces (gravity, friction, wind), and new concepts (work, energy, power, momentum) so you can find unknown forces in stationary rigid objects in a wide range of situations, and determine power requirements for vehicles in steady motion.

Here’s what you’ll do:

• Experiments Explore physical reality by doing experiments using common items (full instructions are provided), or just watch videos of them if you prefer.
• Analysis Build your analytical skills by watching videos, doing exercises and (in some weeks) working through Adaptive on-line Tutorials.
• Design Combine the understanding from experiments, and the predictions from analysis to produce a design that will do the job.
• Quizzes Assess and consolidate your learning.
• Review Highlight the skills you’ve learnt, and track your progress towards engineers’ eyes.
• Discussions share ideas with your fellow learners.

Resources

• Engineering Mechanics: Statics 8th Edition by J. L. Meriam (Author), L. G. Kraige (Author), J. N. Bolton (Author)
• Engineering Mechanics: Statics (13th Edition) 13th Edition by Russell C. Hibbeler (Author)
• Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Statics and Dynamics, 11th Edition By Ferdinand Beer, E. Russell Johnston, Jr. David Mazurek, Phillip Cornwell and Brian Self

• Mechanics of Materials (9th Edition) by Russell C. Hibbeler (Author)

For Fluid Mechanics the story is the same. There are many textbooks to choose from, as a web-search will reveal.