APPLIED MECHANICS -UK MCA MANAGEMENT LEVEL EXAM GUIDE

• APPLIED MECHANICS -UK MCA MANAGEMENT LEVEL EXAM GUIDE
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Syllabus covered : Applied Mechanics, Management level

1. Statics

The conditions of equilibrium of a body subject to a system of both coplanar and
non-coplanar forces and/or moments.
Apply conditions of equilibrium.
Pin jointed frameworks.
Centre of gravity and centroid.

2. Friction

The effects of static and dynamic friction on rigid bodies at rest, and moving on an inclined plane with uniform velocity.
Kinematics
Linear, angular and relative motion.
Motion of projectiles and moving objects.
The concept of relative and absolute velocity.

3. Dynamics

Force and energy.
The laws of motion applied to rotational dynamics.

Simple harmonic motion.

4. Machines

The principles of simple machines.

5. Strength of Materials

The effects on a material caused by the application of external forces.
The effect of temperature change on materials.
Stresses in thin cylinders and thin rotating rims.
Cantilevers, simply supported beams and the stability of axially loaded columns.
Torsion of circular shafts.
Elastic strain energy.
Stresses on oblique planes.