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On the assessment method. Thanks for many feedbacks. I will review them with you in the class.

Survey on the grading system. Survey sheet attached.

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When emailing the lecture-note to imechanica@gmail.com with the subject title as Lecture 1, please also put your information in the text message: Name, University ID, and Aerospace/Mechanical Engineering. Thanks.

1. A force is a relationship
2. A force is a vector

Newton's laws of motion

3rd law

1. Cross product of two vectors

2. Equilibrium of many-particle system

1. Defition of moment vector

2. Mathematica deduction
   motivation: establish the concept of moment from the requirement of the Newton's laws when applied to many-particle system.

What is the purpose of the course?
Ensure students have a clear working understanding of the principles of engineering mechanics and an ability to apply them to simple engineering systems.

Brief description of the unit
• Scalar and vector quantities.
• Forces and Newton's laws of motions.
• Kinematics of a particle; co-ordinate systems.

• Equivalent force systems
• Equilibrium and the construction of free-body diagrams.
• Pin-jointed structures.
• Friction; self-locking systems.

Introduction (27/9, Thursday, 11-12am)
Survey (28/9, Friday, 3-4pm) 

Grading System

Please note that according to the New Grading System, no marks can be gained from answering the following questions. (1 October 2007)

Kinetic and potential energies.

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Newton's 2nd law will be applied to study the equations of motion of a particle.

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Some interesting posts are listed here for course discussions:

• Pin-structure analysis using ABAQUS
• DNA can be treated as simple as a rod
• self-folding of Carbon nanotube

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New Grading System posted 

Why iMechanica?

iMechanica is an appropriate website for teaching/learning Engineering Mechanics for the following reasons:

Many people here are interested in the behaviours of interfaces.

I am interested in having a list of the cohesive energy for interfaces between different materials, such as polymer/ceramics, polymer/metals, polymer/polymer, metals/ceramics, biological interfaces, carbon nanotube/polymer matrix, etc.

So, what is the magnitude of the cohesive energy per unit area of the interface you are studying?
 

• To introduce the concepts of position, displacement, velocity, and acceleration.
• To study 3D particle motion.
• To investigate particle motion along a curved path using different coordinate systems.

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Scalars are quantities that have magnitude only; they are independent of direction.

Vectors have both magnitude and direction. The length of a vector represents magnitude. The arrow shows direction.

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You are always welcome to visit my office (B14/Pariser), call (0161 306 8970), or email (henry.tan@manchester.ac.uk).

Grading System

This blog focuses on machinery condition monitoring, explosion-proof design, and related issues.

Grüneisen parameters
http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/GrueneisenParameters.html

Advanced modeling of detonation dynamics in energetic materials and explosive systems
Stewart, D. Scott
American Physical Society, 59th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, November 19-21, 2006

The Rankine-Hugoniot equation governs the behaviour of shock waves (node/1245#comment-2327) normal to the oncoming flow.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rankine-Hugoniot_equation

An equation of state is a formula describing the interconnection between various macroscopically measurable properties of a system.

In physics and thermodynamics, an equation of state is a relation between state variables. More specifically, an equation of state is a thermodynamic equation describing the state of matter under a given set of physical conditions. It is a constitutive equation which provides a mathematical relationship between two or more state functions associated with the matter, such as its temperature, pressure, volume, or internal energy. Equations of state are useful in describing the properties of fluids, mixtures of fluids, solids, and even the interior of stars.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equation_of_state

Some references:

2005 Hertfordshire Oil Storage Terminal fire

China Explosion Leaves Millions Without Water