Chemical Engineering - Teerthanker Mahaveer University

Semester I/II
ENGINEERING MECHANICS
Course Code: EME101/EME201 L T P C
3 0 0 3
Objective:
To study about mechanics, force system, torsion, beams, trusses, frames etc.
Course Contents
Unit I (Lectures 08)
Force systems and analysis: Basic concept; Newton’s laws of motion; Transfer of force to a parallel
position; Determination of resultant of planer force system; Free body diagrams; Equilibrium of forces
and its equations.
Friction: Introduction; Coulomb’s law of friction; Equilibrium of bodies involving dry fiction; Belt
Friction.
Unit II (Lectures 08)
Structural Analysis: Beams; Introduction; Shear force and Bending Moment; shear force and Bending
Moment Diagram for statically determinate beams.
Trusses: Introduction; Simple Trusses; Determination of Forces in simple trusses members; methods of
joints and method of section.
Unit III (Lectures 08)
Centroid and Moment of Inertia: Centroid of plane; curve, area, volume and composite bodies;
Moment of inertia of plane area; Parallel Axes Theorem; Perpendicular axes theorems; Principal Moment
Inertia; Mass Moment of Inertia of Circular Ring, Disc, Cylinder, Sphere and Cone about their axis of
symmetry
Unit IV (Lectures 08)
Simple stress and strain: Introduction; Normal shear stresses; stress-strain diagrams for ductile and
brittle materials; Elastic constants; one dimensional loading of members of varying cross sections.
Unit V (Lectures 08)
Pure Bending of Beams: Introduction; Simple bending theory; Stress in Beams of different cross
sections.
Torsion: Introduction; Torsion of shafts of circular section; Torque and Twist; Shear stress due to
Torque.
Text Books
1. Bansal R. K., Engineering Mechanics, Laxmi Publications.
2. Kumar D. S., Engineering Mechanic, S. K. Kataria & Sons.
3. Kumar K. L., Kumar V., Engineering Mechanics, Tata McGraw Hill Publication.
4. Khurmi R. S., Engineering Mechanics, S. Chand Publications.
Reference Books
1. Shames, Engineering Mechanics, Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd.
2. Ryder G. H., Strength of Materials, Macmillan Publishers India Ltd.
3. Ramamruthams, Strength of materials, Dhanpat Rai Publications.
B.Tech (CHE) Syllabus Applicable w.e.f. Academic Session 2012-13[01112012]
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