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Welcome to ENGR 8 Instructor: Tom Rebold
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This Week's Agenda Syllabus Introduction Math Review Force Vectors
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What is "Mechanics"?
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Basic Quantities Length: position, size, distance Time: sequence of events (Dynamics) Mass: quantity of matter Force: contact, qravity
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Idealizations Particle: mass but no size Rigid Body: – large number of particles – fixed with respect to each other Concentrated Force: – effect of a loading acting at a point
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Newton's laws are the basis of Rigid Body Mechanics
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Units
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SI units have prefixes Giga (G) Mega (M) Kilo (K) milli (m) micro (u) nano (n)
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Rounding Answers expressed with 3 significant figures Intermediate answers use 4 4.56 * 1.23 + 1.8 = 5.609 + 1.8 = 7.409 = 7.41 Round – 1.2345 = 1.23 – 5.678 = 5.69 – 2.345 = 2.34 (even numbers before 5, don't go up) – 2.335 = 2.34 (odd numbers before 5, go up)
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12 Rev.S08 How to Solve an Applied Trigonometry Problem? Step 1Draw a sketch, and label it with the given information. Label the quantity to be found with a variable. Step 2Use the sketch to write an equation relating the given quantities to the variable. Step 3Solve the equation, and check that your answer makes sense.
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Laws of Trig you will Master Pythagorean theorem: a 2 +b 2 =c 2 (right triangles) Sum of internal angles = 180 (all triangles) Definition of sin, cos, tan, arcsin, arccos, arctan (right triangles) Law of Cosines (all triangles) Law of Sines (all triangles)
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Defining sin, cos, tan also, a = c cos( ), b = c sin( ) = arccos(a/ c) = arcsin(b/c) = arctan(b/a)
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16 Rev.S08 Example http://faculty.valenciacc.edu/ashaw/ Click link to download other modules. The length of the shadow of a tree 22.02 m tall is 28.34 m. Find the angle of elevation of the sun. Draw a sketch. The angle of elevation of the sun is 37.85 . 22.02 m 28.34 m B
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17 Rev.S08 Example 2 http://faculty.valenciacc.edu/ashaw/ Click link to download other modules. The length of the shadow of a tree is 100 ft, and the angle of elevation of the sun is 60 degrees. Find the height of the tree Draw a sketch. The angle of elevation of the sun is 37.85 .
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Law of Cosines Use when you know an angle and two adacent sides to find the 3 rd side Use when you know three sides and want to find an angle
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Find x
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Law of Sines Use when you know an angle and the opposite side and want to find another angle or side:
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Find b and unknown side
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