Maricopa Community Colleges  ECE214   20002-20016 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 12/14/99
ECE214 20002-20016 LEC
LAB
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2 Period(s)
Engineering Mechanics
Foundations of engineering mechanics, including force systems, resultants, moments and equilibrium, kinematics and kinetics of particles, systems of particles and rigid bodies, and energy and momentum principles. Prerequisites: ECE103, PHY115, and MAT241.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
ECE214   20002-20016 Engineering Mechanics
1. Explain and apply systems of measurement used in engineering mechanics. (I)
2. Apply Newton's laws to describe the interaction of forces upon particles and particle systems. (I, IV)
3. Apply Newton's laws to describe the motion of rigid bodies under the action of forces and moments. (I, VI)
4. Organize and format calculations to solve engineering mechanics problems. (I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII)
5. Use vector addition, subtraction, and the dot and cross products of vectors to solve engineering mechanics problems. (II, VIII)
6. Calculate resultant force systems in two and three dimensions. (II, IV, VI)
7. Determine the rectilinear motion of a particle under constant or variable acceleration. (III)
8. Use cartesian, cylindrical, and tangent-normal coordinates to describe the curvilinear motion of a particle. (III)
9. Calculate the dependent motion of a system of particles. (III)
10. Calculate the relative motion of particles in fixed and moving reference frames. (III, V)
11. Compute reaction forces in two and three dimensional equilibrium problems. (VI)
12. Analyze the effect of friction in both static and dynamic systems. (VI, VII, VIII)
13. Calculate the centroids of geometrical and composite figures in two and three dimensional space. (VI)
14. Calculate mass moments of inertia and centers of mass of rigid bodies. (VI)
15. Apply the work-energy principles to describe the motion of particles and particles systems. (VII)
16. Use conservation of energy theory to describe the motion of particles and particle systems. (VII)
17. Use the work-energy principle to describe the motion of a rigid body in two dimensions. (VII)
18. Apply the principles of impulse-momentum and conservation of momentum to describe the motion of a particle in two dimensions. (VIII)
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ECE214   20002-20016 Engineering Mechanics
    I. Basic Principles of Engineering Mechanics
        A. Systems of measurement
        B. Newton's laws
      II. Force Systems
          A. Vector and scalar quantities
          B. Vector operations
          C. Resolving vectors into their components
        III. Kinematics of Particles
            A. Rectilinear motion
            B. Plane curvilinear motion
            C. Tangent-normal coordinates
            D. Cylindrical and polar coordinates
            E. Relative and constrained motion
          IV. Kinetics of Particles
              A. Newton's second law: equations of motion
              B. Curvilinear motion
              C. Dry friction
              D. Conditions of equilibrium
              E. Equilibrium of two and three dimensional systems
            V. Planar Kinematics of Rigid Bodies
                A. General motion of a rigid body
                B. Rotation about a fixed axis
                C. General motion
                D. Constrained motion
                E. Motion relative to rotating reference frames
              VI. Kinetics of Rigid Bodies
                  A. General planar equations of motion
                  B. Moment of a force, scalar and vector
                  C. Centroids, center of mass, mass moment of inertia
                  C. Support conditions for rigid bodies in two and three dimensions
                  D. Fixed axis rotation
                  E. General plane motion
                  F. Conditions of equilibrium
                  G. Equilibrium of two and three dimensional systems
                VII. Work and Energy Methods
                    A. Principle of work and energy for particles
                    B. Conservative forces and potential energy
                    C. Conservation of energy for particles
                    D. Principle of work and energy for rigid bodies
                    E. Conservation of energy for rigid bodies
                  VIII. Impulse Momentum Methods
                      A. Principle of linear impulse and momentum
                      B. Conservation of linear momentum
                      C. Principle of angular impulse and momentum
                      D. Conservation of angular momentum
                      E. Principle of impulse and momentum for rigid bodies
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