2017-2018 / MECA0519-1

Mécanique des corps rigides

Duration

12h Th, 12h Pr

Number of credits

 Bachelor in bioengineering2 crédits 

Lecturer

Benoît Mercatoris

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

  • Moment of force
  • Force systems
  • Equilibrium of rigid bodies
  • Equilibrium with distributed forces
  • Kinematics of rigid bodies
  • Moment of intertia
  • Dynamics of rigid bodies

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

After completing the course, the students will have reached a novice skill level in the different development stages :

  • Design and size infrastructures and rural engineering structures such as dams, hydraulic structures, structures in steel, concrete and wood
  • Design and size equipments pf monitoring and production in an agroenvironmental context
  • Choose and size systems of purification, sanitation or renewable energy production
Particularly, after completing the course, the students will be expected to
  • Represent a body or system by a mechanical model, i.e. construct a free-body diagram
  • Establish and solve the equilibrium equations to find reactions
  • Compute mass centres and moments of inertia
  • Describe the movement trajectory of a rigid body
  • Establish and solve the movement equations of a rigid body

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Mechanics of particules

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Theoretical course (12h) and practical work (12h)

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

Face-to-face for the theory
Classroom for the practical sessions

Recommended or required readings

Notes on e-campus
Reference books:
Meriam J.L., Kraige L.G. (1998). Engineering Mechanics, Vol. 1, Statics, John Wiley & Sons
Meriam J.L., Kraige L.G. (1998). Engineering Mechanics, Vol. 2, Dynamics, John Wiley & Sons

Assessment methods and criteria

Written examination without note on exercices (for the 1st and 2nd sessions)

Work placement(s)

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