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Course Schedule:

Date(s) Topic (subject to change) Text Sections Assigned Homework No.;Due Date
9/20 Introduction, basic principles preface, 1.1-1.6  
9/22 Statics of particles, Vector math 2.1-2.4 1; 9/24
9/24 Forces as vectors, components 2.5-2.8 2; 9/27
9/27 FBD, Equilibrium of a 2-D particle 2.9-2.11 3; 9/29
9/29 3-D Forces 2.12-2.15 4; 10/1
10/1 Forces on rigid bodies, moments 3.1-3.8 5; 10/4
10/4 Moments about an axis 3.9-3.11 6; 10/6
10/6 Moment of a couple 3.12-3.15 7; 10/8
10/8 More on Couples, equivalent loadings 3.16-3.20 8; 10/11
10/11 Equilibrium of rigid bodies, reactions 4.1-4.4 X; 10/13
10/13 Review for Midterm    
10/15 Midterm 1    
10/18 Free body diagrams, 2-force bodies 4.1-4.6 9; 10/20
10/20 Equilibrium in 3-D 4.8-4.9 10; 10/22
10/22 Centroids in 2-D, distributed loads 5.1-5.5, 5.8  
10/25 Distributed loads cont'd, Center of gravity of 3-D bodies 5.10-5.12 11; 10/27
10/27 Analysis of structures, trusses by joints 6.1-6.6  
10/29 No Class    
11/1 Trusses by sections 6.7-6.8 12; 11/3
11/3 Frames 6.9-6.11 13; 11/5
11/5 Machines 6.12  
11/8 Review for midterm    
11/10 Midterm 2    
11/12 Internal forces and moments in frames, beams, shear and bending moments in beams 7.1-7.4  
11/15 Shear and bending moment diagrams 7.5-7.6 14; 11/17
11/17 Friction 8.1-8.4 15; 11/19
11/19 Critical thinking and ethics in statics   16; 12/1
11/22-26 Thanksgiving Break - No Class    
11/29 Moment of inertia 9.1-9.3  
12/1 Parallel axis theorem, composite areas 9.6-9.7  
12/3 Review    
 

Final Exam (verify this with ecampus)
Section 2 (9:15 class): 12/8/2010, Wednesday 9:10AM - 12:10PM
Section 3 (10:30 class): 12/10/2010, Friday 9:10AM - 12:10PM

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