Course: Statics for designers

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Course title Statics for designers
Course code KME/PDSTA
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory, Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Weber Michal, prof. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Janková Blanka, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Time schedule: 1st week: Lecture - System of concurrent coplanar forces. Placement and equilibrium of a mass particle in 2D (including passive effects) - analytical and graphical solutions. Tutorials - Analytical and graphical solutions of particle equilibrium in 2D. Application to specific problems. 2nd week: Lecture - Placement and equilibrium of a mass particle in 3D (including passive effects) - analytical solution. Tutorials - Analytical solution of particle equilibrium in 3D. Application to specific problems. 3rd week: Lecture - System of coplanar forces. Placement and equilibrium of a rigid body in 2D (including passive effects) - analytical and graphical solutions. Tutorials - Analytical and graphical solutions of rigid body equilibrium in 2D. Application to specific problems. 4th week: Lecture - Placement and equilibrium of a rigid body in 2D - continued. Frictional forces on flat belts, distributed loading. Tutorials - Analytical and graphical solutions of rigid body equilibrium in 2D. Application to specific problems - continued. 5th week: Lecture - System of three-dimensional forces. Placement and equilibrium of a rigid body in 3D - analytical solution. Tutorials - Analytical solution of rigid body equilibrium in 3D. Application to specific problems. 6th week: Lecture - Internal forces in a rigid body. Tutorials - Analysis of internal forces in a rigid body. Application to problems. 7th week: Lecture - Structure of planar rigid body systems. Mobility and statical determinacy. Tutorials - Simulation examples of moving three- and four-member mechanisms. Model examples of selected mechanisms. 8th week: Lecture - Static analysis of planar frames using free-body diagrams - analytical and graphical solutions. Tutorials - Analytical and graphical solutions of static equilibrium of selected frame structures. 9th week: Lecture - Trusses in engineering practice. Statical determinacy and internal stability, design of trusses. Methods of structural analysis for planar and space trusses (method of joints and method of sections). Tutorials - Static analysis of planar and space trusses. Application to specific problems. 10th week: Lecture - Static analysis of planar machines (including the determination of passive effects) - analytical and graphical solutions. Tutorials - Analytical and graphical solutions of static equilibrium of selected planar mechanisms. Semester work assignment. 11th week: Lecture - Gear systems and spatial rigid body systems. Tutorials - Static analysis of gear systems. 12th week: Lecture - Fundamentals of analytical statics. Coordinates and kinematic pairs. Principle of virtual work. Tutorials - Application of the principle of virtual work in statics. 13th week: Lecture - Stability analysis of the static equilibrium position. Tutorials - Application of the principle of virtual work in statics - continued.

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 35 hours per semester
  • Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40) - 20 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 52 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
definovat elementární trigonometrické funkce
vysvětlit a orientovat se v základech vektorového počtu
disponovat znalostmi maticového počtu
orientovat se v základních metodách derivování a integrování
vysvětlit význam síly a momentu
klasifikovat silové soustavy
Skills
definovat sílu a moment k bodu i ose
provést výpočet náhrady a ekvivalence silové soustavy
určit polohu střediska hmotnosti těles
řešit soustavy lineárních algebraických rovnic
Competences
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learning outcomes
Knowledge
definovat počet stupňů volnosti hmotného objektu
stanovit příslušný počet podmínek rovnováhy hmotného objektu
vysvětlit základní analytické a grafické metody pro statické řešení hmotného bodu
vysvětlit základní analytické a grafické metody pro statické řešení tuhého tělesa a soustav těles v rovině
orientovat se v principu virtuálních prací
vymezit základy analytické statiky
Skills
řešit problémy statiky hmotného bodu v rovině a prostoru
řešit problémy statiky tuhého tělesa v rovině a prostoru
aplikovat metody pro statické řešení rovinných a prostorových prutových soustav
vyšetřovat vnitřní statické účinky v tělese
Competences
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teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture with visual aids
Practicum
One-to-One tutorial
Textual studies
Skills
Lecture with visual aids
Practicum
One-to-One tutorial
Textual studies
Competences
Practicum
Textual studies
assessment methods
Knowledge
Seminar work
Oral exam
Skills
Seminar work
Oral exam
Competences
Seminar work
Recommended literature
  • Hlaváč, Zdeněk; Vimmr, Jan. Sbírka příkladů ze statiky a kinematiky. 2. vyd. V Plzni : Západočeská univerzita, 2012. ISBN 978-80-261-0138-3.
  • Juliš,K.-Tepřík,O.-Slavík,A. Statika. SNLT/. ALFA Praha, 1987.
  • Křen, Jiří. Řešené příklady ze statiky. I. část. Plzeň : VŠSE, 1985.
  • Křen, Jiří. Řešené příklady ze statiky. II. část. 1. vyd. Plzeň : VŠSE, 1985.


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