UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS
B.Sc. DEGREE COURSE IN MATHEMATICS
SEMESTER SYSTEM WITH CREDITS
(Effective from the Academic Year 2003-2004)

SYLLABUS

Semester IV - Paper VIII - Statics

Duration of Examination: 3 hrs
Maximum Marks: 100
Credits: 4

Forces:

Types of forces, Magnitude and direction of the resultant of the forces acting on a particle, Lami's theorem, equilibrium of a particle under several coplanar forces, parallel forces, moments, couples-simple problems.

Friction:

Laws of friction, angle of friction, equilibrium of a body on a rough inclined plane acted on by several forces, centre of gravity of simple uniform bodies, triangular lamina, rods forming a triangle, trapezium, centre of gravity of a circular arc, elliptic quadrant, solid, and hollow hemisphere, solid and hollow cone, catenary-simple problems.

Reference Books:

1. Mechanics-P.duraipandian and others, S.chand & Co.

2. Statics-K.viswanatha naik and M.S.Kasi, Emerald publishers.

3. Statics-S.Narayanan and others, S.chand and co.

4. Statics-A.V.Dharmapadam, S.Viswanathan and co.