Courses

Statics

General

Course Contents

– Fundamental Concepts and Principles: Principles of mechanics, Scalars and vectors, Units.
– Analysis of Force Systems: Rectangular components, Moment and couple, Resultants, Equivalent systems.
– Statics of Particles: Equilibrium conditions, Free body diagram.
– Distributed Forces: Centers of mass and centroids, Area moments of inertia.
– Statics of Rigid Bodies: Equilibrium of rigid body, Free body diagram, Reactions at supports and connections, Constraints and statical determinacy.
– Analysis of Structures: Analysis of trusses, Method of joints, Method of sections, Analysis of frames and machines.
– Internal Effects in Beams: Loads and supports, Relations among external loads and internal effects, Internal forces and moments diagrams.
– Friction: Dry friction, Coefficients of friction, Angles of friction, Applications of friction in machines (Wedges, Screws, Belts, Disk friction).

Educational Goals

This course aims to provide students with a basic understanding of the fundamental principles of statics and to give them the ability to use these principles in solving engineering statics problems. Upon successful completion of the course the student will be able to:
– Resolve the force into its components and determine the resultant of force systems.
– Draw accurate free-body diagrams and apply the equations of equilibrium to solve for unknown quantities.
– Calculate support reactions and determine internal forces in two and three-dimensional trusses.
– Determine internal effects in beams and frames and draw axial force, shear force, bending moment and torsional moment diagrams.
– Determine the centroid and calculate the moment of inertia of composite areas.
– Distinguish the difference between static and kinematic friction and solve problems involving dry friction.

General Skills

Search, Analysis and synthesis of data and information, independent work, Using corresponding technologies.

Teaching Methods

Lectures, Exercises, Online guidance, Projected Presentations, E-mail communication, Online Synchronous and Asynchronous Teaching Platform (moodle).

Students Evaluation

Assessment Language: Greek.
Final Written Problem-Solving Exam.

Recommended Bibliography

Beer, Ferdinand P. & Johnston, E. Russell Jr. & Mazurek, David F., “Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Statics”, 7th Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2016.
R. C. Hibbeler, “Engineering Mechanics: Statics”, 14th Edition, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2016.
Andrew Pytel, Jaan Kiusalaas, “Engineering Mechanics: Statics”, 4th Edition, Cengage Learning, 2016.