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ENGINEERING

ENGINEERING

Note: Engineering courses are offered by the Department of Physics.

ENGINEERING 2000
Engineering Statics

Credit hours: 3.0
Contact hours per week: 3-2-0

Analysis of equilibrium in two-dimensional and three-dimensional systems. Analysis of statically determinate trusses, frames and machines. Centroids and centers of gravity. Analysis of forces and moments in beams.

Corequisite: Mathematics 1560.

ENGINEERING 2060
Engineering Mechanics
Credit hours: 3.0
Contact hours per week: 3-2-0

Analysis of cables. Friction forces. Fluid statics. Moments of inertia. Kinematics of rigid bodies. Plane motion of rigid bodies, force and acceleration, momentum and energy principles.

Prerequisites: Engineering 2000 and Mathematics 1560.