CES Mechanics I

General

• Syllabus (class times, outline) • Campus entry

A custom sequence of Mechanics courses has become a part of CES curriculum starting in 2005. The CES Mechanics I and II are taught by CATS, and CES Mechanics III, i.e., Deformable Body Mechanics, is taught by Lehr- und Forschungsgebiet Kontinuumsmechanik (Prof. Itskov).

Notices

The written repeat exam (only for students who took this course in Winter 2008/9 or earlier) took place on March 8, 2010, 09:00–12:00 in room 1010|141 (Hörsaal IV).

• The exam problems, solutions and results will be posted latest by March 22, 2010.
• The exam inspection (Klausureinsicht) will take place on March 25, 2010, 15:00-16:30h in CATS institute, Schinkelstr.2, seminar room 115 on first floor
• Oral exams will take place on April 07, 2010 in the morning. Registration for oral exam is possible on the exam inspection day or please contact mb@cats.rwth-aachen.de.

The slide examples linked from individual lecture pages are only available from the RWTH network, e.g., MOPS wireless with VPN. If you still have a problem accessing the files (most likely because reverse DNS is not identifying your computer properly), please contact Christoph Stolz.

The RWTH library has licensed online (PDF) versions of many Springer textbooks, including Technische Mechanik 1–3, as well as Aufgaben zu Technische Mechanik 1–3.

Lectures

• 2010.02.01 Lecture 13 (sliding, tipping, rolling, review, evaluations)
• 2010.01.25 Lecture N1 (Matlab)
• 2010.01.18 Lecture 12 (frames, dry friction)
• 2010.01.11 Lecture 11 (Q and M diagrams)
• 2009.12.21 Lecture 10 (internal forces in beams)
• 2009.12.14 Lecture 9 (method of sections, 3D systems)
• 2009.12.07 Lecture 8 (multi-body equilibrium, trusses, method of joints)
• 2009.11.30 Lecture 7 (equilibrium analysis, multi-body equilibrium)
• 2009.11.23 Lecture 6 (equilibrium, FBDs)
• 2009.11.16 Lecture 5 (distributed loads)
• 2009.11.09 Lecture 4 (resultants)
• 2009.11.02 Lecture 3 (couples, transferring forces)
• 2009.10.26 Lecture 2 (forces, moments)
• 2009.10.19 Lecture 1 (introduction, review)

Exercises

Links to exercises will be posted at the following subpage:

• Exercises

Links

• Lexikon Angwandte Mechanik from University of Bath
  (english-german, german-english)
• Physics 101 software
• Self-scoring mechanics tests from Loughborough University
  (unfortunately, self-scoring part does not work anymore)
• Informal write-ups in mechanics from Utah
• Another textbook with online multiple choice tests
  (select Statics book, then a chapter, then Multiple Choice menu)
• Engineering statics course notes at University of Nebraska
• Engineering dynamics course at Penn State
• Engineering Fundamentals
• Rice University version of this course from 2003 and earlier.

Repeat Exam WS 2009/10

The schedule of the winter semester repeat exam in 2010 has been changed due to a collision with aerodynamics exam as follows:

• March,8 exam 09.00–12.00 in room 1010|141 (Hörsaal IV)