Republic of the Philippines

NUEVA ECIJA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Cabanatuan City
SYLLABUS IN MECH313
I.

PRELIMINARIES
A. Course Number and Title: MECH313 STATICS OF RIGID BODIES
B. Credit Units: 3
C. Time Duration : 3hrs/week x 18 weeks = 54 hrs
D. Pre-requisite : Physics 124, Math225-Integral Calculus

II.

NEUST VISION

NEUST is a recognized leader in the region managed by committed and ethical public servants
where:
1. A culture of excellence, ethics and solidarity thrives and prosper in each academic and
administrative unit; and
2. Each colleges, institute and campus is a center of development and excellence in its
respective program of instruction, research and extension services and production,
transforming students, alumni and other clienteles into high quality, competent and ethical
leaders professionals and/or middle-level manpower in the field of science, technology
education, management, arts and technology-based education and training.
NEUST MISSION
By offering graduate, undergraduate and short term courses within its areas of specialization
and according to its capabilities, NEUST ensures to primarily provide advanced instruction,
professional training in arts, science and technology, education and other related fields,
undertake research and extension services, and provide progressive leadership in these areas.
VISION OF COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Competent and ethical leaders and professionals in the field of engineering technology who
meet the challenges of the changing global environment productive, flexible and nationalistic
with high critical thinking competence as effective instruments of quality research, higher
instruction and training, and dynamic extension services and production.
MISSION OF THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Establish and maintain the NEUST College of Engineering as a model of quality engineering
instruction, research, extension services and production for developing competent and ethical
leadership and professionalism and to contributing to local, national and international
development.
GOALS OF THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

Train and produce competent professional engineers who are imbued with moral and spiritual
values and responsive to the aspirations of the region to contribute towards the attainment of a
globally competitive country.
Enhance environmental and social consciousness in consonance with efforts towards
sustainable development.
OBJECTIVES OF THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Provide quality instruction and training in civil, electrical and mechanical engineering.
Undertake research programs, projects and activities which are responsive and relevant to
the developmental needs of the service area and the country.
Perform extension works that will serve as linkage/contact with the local and international
communities.
OBJECTIVES OF THE MECHANICAL ENGINEERING PROGRAM
Instruction
Provide students with quality instruction and training in the field of mechanical engineering
covering such areas as power plant design, industrial plant engineering, heating, ventilation and airconditioning systems, machine designs, and industrial safety engineering.
Research
Conduct research studies in the field of mechanical engineering which are responsive and relevant
to the developmental needs of the service area, locally and internationally.
Extension
Carry out extension services supportive to the social and economic needs of the students and other
members of the community.
Production
Lead in the production and packaging of technologies derived from mechanical engineering
program and responsive to the demands and needs of the department and relevant to the needs of
the province, community and region in general and of NEUST in particular.
III.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Force systems; structure analyses; friction; centroids and centers of gravity; and moments of inertia.
IV.
GENERAL OBJECTIVES
After completing this course, the student must be able to:
1. Understand the principles of equilibrium of particles;
2. Undertake vector operations such as vector cross and dot product;
3. Determine forces of 2D and 3D structures;
4. Understand the principles of static, wedge and belt friction;
5. Determine centroids, center of mass and center of gravity of objects;

6. Determine moment of inertia, mass moment of inertia; and

7. Analyze the stresses of trusses, beams and frames.

V.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND GRADING CRITERIA

A. Course Requirements
1. Regular Attendance
2. Submit solution to problems set assigned by the professor/instructor
3. Examination and Quizzes.
B. Grading Criteria
MID-TERM GRADING SYSTEM
Quizzes-------------------------30%
Attendance----------------------10%
Assignment/ Seatwork-------30%
Term Exam--------------------30%
Total----------------------------100%
Minimum Passing Score-----50%
FINAL TERM GRADING SYSTEM
Quizzes-------------------------30%
Attendance----------------------10%
Assignment/ Seatwork-------30%
Term Exam--------------------30%
Total----------------------------100%
Minimum Passing Score-----50%

VI.

COURSE CONTENT

SPECIFIC
OBJECTIVE
S

SPECIFIC
TOPICS

Understand the
principles of
equilibrium of
particles;

1. Introduction
to Mechanics;
Vector
Operations
2. Force
Vectors and
Equilibrium of
Particles

TEACHING
STRATEGY

INSTRUCTIONA
L MATERIALS

TIME
ALLOTMEN
T IN HOURS

MIDTERM
9

REMARKS

Undertake
vector
operations
such as vector
cross and dot
product

3. Vector
Cross and Dot
Product
4. Moment of
a Force
5. Couples;
Moment of a
Couple

Determine
forces of 2D
and 3D
structures
Understand the
principles of
static, wedge
and belt friction

6. Equivalent
Force
Systems in 2D
and 3D
7. Dry Static
Friction,
Wedge and
Belt Friction

Determine
centroids,
center of mass
and center of
gravity of
objects

8. Centroid;
Center of
Mass; and
Center of
Gravity
9. Distributed
Loads and
Hydrostatic
Forces;
Cables

Determine
moment of
inertia, mass
moment of
inertia
Analyze the
stresses of
trusses, beams
and frames

10. Moment of
Inertia; Mass
Moment of
Inertia

11. Trusses;
Frames and
Machines;
Internal
Forces
12. Beams;
Shear and
Bending
Moment
Diagrams

FINAL TERM