ME 2320 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Cross Product, Parallelogram, Distributive Property
5 Oct 2018
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Engineering is the application of mathematics and science to meet human needs. Engineers need to know a great deal of science and mathematics in order to be able to engineer. Much of this science and mathematics is quite difficult, and there"s a whole lot of it. It takes many years to learn everything you need. The next section of the course will start you on your quest to acquire these skills, by introducing you to statics. Earliest recorded writings in mechanics are those of. Archimedes (287-212 b. c. ) on the principle of lever and the principle of buoyancy. First investigation of a dynamic problem is credited to galelio (1564-1642) for his experiments with falling stones. Year in which galileo died newton was born. Newton (1642-1727) is famous for his three laws of motion. On his name, a portion of classical mechanics is called newtonian mechanics. Alternate formulation for mechanics problems was provided by lagrange (1736-1813) and hamilton (1805-1865).
