Academy of Technical and
Art Applied Studies Belgrade

Fundamentals of Mechanics Course code: 117058 | 7 ECTS credits

Basic information
Level of Studies: Undergraduate applied studies
Year of Study: 1
Semester: 2
Requirements:
Goal: Acquiring the necessary knowledge in the field of structural statics and relation to other study programs relevant for the fields of mechanical engineering and constructions.
Outcome: Students are capable of making a rational approach and the application of knowledge in solving the task for the calculation and maintaining the static stability of the structure.
Contents of the course
Theoretical instruction:
  1. Rigid body statics
  2. Plane system of parallel forces and plane coupling theory
  3. Sliding friction
  4. Body's center of gravity
  5. Influence lines, properties
  6. The most unfavorable position of equally distributed load, concentrated load for different shapes of influential lines.
  7. Statically determined solid girders, girders and frames with joints
  8. Deformations and displacements of solid and lattice girders
  9. Application of the method of elastic weights in lattice girders
  10. Statically indeterminate solid and lattice girders, conditional equations, reactions and shear forces
Practical instruction (Problem solving sessions/Lab work/Practical training):
  1. Classroom exercises: Solving tasks harmonized with the material in lectures and making independent tasks in the form of homework.
Textbooks and References
  1. Nikolić, T., „Statika ravnih linijskih nosača“, ŽIG, Beograd 1993.
  2. Pavlović, R., „Mehanika I (Statika)“, Izdavačka jedinica Univerziteta u Nišu, Niš 2012
  3. Mešćerski, I
  4. Kostić, A., Milanović, B., „Statika konstrukcija 1“, VGGŠ, Beograd 2014.
  5. Kostić, A., Milanović, B., Milošević, „Statika konstrukcija 1 zbirka rešenih zadataka“, VGGŠ Beograd 2013.
Number of active classes (weekly)
Lectures: 3
Practical classes: 3
Other types of classes: 0
Grading (maximum number of points: 100)
Pre-exam obligations
Points
activities during lectures
0
activities on practial excersises
0
seminary work
0
colloquium
0
Final exam
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Written exam
0
Oral exam
0