Mechanics

EN‑2211

Professor William E. Haynes Massachusetts Maritime Academy

Syllabus Fall 2025

Lesson	Date	Topic	Reading	HW Due
1	09/03 Wed	Introduction, Trig Review, units	Math Review Chapter 1	9/5
2	09/05 Fri	Forces, Components, Parallelogram Rule	2.1-2.3	9/8
3	09/08 Mon	Vector Addition, Graphical	2.6-2.6.4	9/10
4	09/10 Wed	Vector Addition, Rectangular Components	2.6.5-2.6.6	9/12
5	09/12 Fri	Equilibrium of a Particle	3.1-3.4.5	9/15
6	09/15 Mon	Multi-Particle Equilibrium	3.4.6	9/17
7	09/17 Wed	Moment of a Force	4-4.2	9/19
8	09/19 Fri	Verignon’s Theorem	4.3	9/22
9	09/22 Mon	Review
10	09/24 Wed	Exam 1
11	09/26 Fri	Couples, Equivalent Force Systems	4.4-4.6	9/29
12	09/29 Mon	Free Body Diagrams	5.1-5.2, FBD Handout	10/1
13	10/01 Wed	Equilibrium of Rigid Bodies	5.3-5.4	10/3
14	10/03 Fri	More Equilibrium Problems	5.7	10/6
15	10/06 Mon	Class Canceled
16	10/08 Wed	Special Cases - 2 and 3 Force Members	3.3.3	10/10
17	10/10 Fri	Equivalent Transformations,	4.5-4.5	10/15
18	10/15 Wed	Exam 2
19	10/17 Fri	Determination of Centroids by Composite Area	7.1-7.5	10/20
20	10/20 Mon	Integration Review	7.6-7.7	10/22
21	10/22 Wed	Centroids by Integration	7.7	10/24
22	10/24 Fri	Distributed Loads	7.8	10/27
23	10/27 Mon	Moment of Inertia	10.1 10.2	10/29
24	10/29 Wed	Parallel Axis Theorem	10.3-10.6	10/31
25	10/31 Fri	Centroidal Moment of Intertia	Examples 10.3.2-10.3.4	11/3
26	11/03 Mon	Review
27	11/05 Wed	Exam 3
28	11/07 Fri	Trusses - Method of Joints	6.1-6.4
29	11/10 Mon	Special Loading Conditions	6.3.4
30	11/12 Wed	Trusses - Method of Sections	6.5
31	11/14 Fri	Frames and Machines 1	6.6
32	11/17 Mon	Frames and Machines 2	6.7
33	11/19 Wed	Frames and Machines 3
34	11/21 Fri	Exam 4
35	11/24 Mon	Internal Forces in Members	8.1-8.3
36	12/01 Mon	Shear and Bending Moments Diagrams	8.4-8.5
37	12/03 Wed	Relationships Between Shear and Bending Moment	8.6
38	12/05 Fri	V & M Diagrams Concentrated Loads	8.7
39	12/08 Mon	V & M Diagrams Uniformly Distributed Loads
40	12/10 Wed	V&M Concentrated Moments
41	12/12 Fri