Required course for all engineering majors.
Catalog Description:
Introduction to basic
concepts of engineering. Physical quantities, units, dimensions, vectors; formulation
of engineering problems. Calculus-based
analysis of fundamental dynamics; motion along a straight line and in a
plane. Newton’s 1st, 2nd,
and 3rd Laws plus applications.
Work and energy. Impulse and
momentum. Rotational motion. Corequisites: ENGR 113, MATH 151, 152.
Prerequisites:
None.
Corequisites:
ENGR 113, MATH 151, 152
Textbook/References:
Physics for Scientists & Engineers, Part
1, 3rd edition, Douglas C. Giancoli, Prentice Hall.
Course Objectives: (numbers in brackets indicate
the relationship to engineering program outcomes)
Students in ENGR 103 will
demonstrate:
·
an
ability to solve kinematics problems in one and two dimensions (1)
·
an
ability to solve problems involving Newton’s laws of motion (1)
·
an
ability to solve problems involving work and energy (1)
·
an
ability to solve problems involving momentum (1)
·
an
ability to solve problems involving rotational motion (1)
·
knowledge
in measurements, estimating and professional ethics (1,6)
Class/Laboratory Schedule:
Lecture
either three times per week at 50 minutes per class, or two times per week at
75 minutes per class.
Topics Covered:
Weeks Topic
1 Introduction,
Measurement, Estimating .
2 Kinematics
in One Dimension.
3 Kinematics
in Two Dimensions; Vectors.
4 Dynamics:
Newton’s laws of Motion .
5 - 6 Applications
of Newton’s Laws .
7 Gravitation
and Newton’s Synthesis .
8 Work
and Energy .
9-10 Conservation
of Energy.
11 Linear
Motion and Collisions.
13 - 14 Rotational
Motion About a Fixed Axis.
Contribution to Professional Component:
Contributes toward the 1.5 years of engineering
topics as a 3 credit hour course in engineering sciences, and introduces
engineering ethics.
Relationship of course to program outcomes
The course supports
engineering program outcomes 1 and 6.
Prepared by: Dr. James W. Hiestand 6-3-03