CEE 270 – APPLIED MECHANICS I

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Fall Semester 2023

Instructor: Adrian Ricardo Archilla

Office: Holmes Hall 341
Phone: 956-3348
E-mail address: [email protected]
Classroom and hours: Bilger 335, Tu & Th 1:30 to 2:45 PM
Office Hours: Tu & Th 3:00 to 4:30 PM or by appointment.
Textbook: Engineering Mechanics - Statics, by Hibbeler, R.C., 15e.
Mastering Course: See separate instructions about how to access it.

Course Objectives: To provide students with a clear and basic understanding of the theory and
application of engineering mechanics – Statics.

Contribution of course
to meeting the
professional component: 3 credits of engineering topics

Evaluation: Two midterms and a final exam will be graded on a scale from 0 to 100 points.
The final grades will be calculated based on the following weighting distribution:

Assignments and class participation* 20 %

Test 1 20 %
Test 2 20 %
Final 40 %
Total 100 %

There will be no scheduled quizzes. However, to make sure you keep up with the class, on unannounced
occasions, I will be taking polls and calling people by name to answer questions. The assignments grade
includes my evaluation of these informal assessments.

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Grading scale: Grades will be assigned according to the following scale.
96 – 100 % = A+ 68 – 71.99 % = C
92 – 95.99 % = A 64 – 67.99 % = C-
88 – 91.99 % = A- 60 – 63.99 % = D+
84 – 87.99 % = B+ 56 – 59.99 % = D
80 – 83.99 % = B 52 – 55.99 % = D-
76 – 79.99 % = B- below 52 % = F
72 – 75.99 % = C+

Most assignments and due dates will be available through the Mastering
Engineering system. Other information will be provided through Laulima.
Therefore, you must make sure your email address is updated so that you receive
my messages indicating any new posting. You will receive no credit for late
assignments. Note that it is your responsibility to check regularly the sites for
assignments.

To succeed in this class, in addition to the assignment problems, solve as many of

the problems in your textbook as possible. Many of the concepts of the class are
relatively simple, but they can be challenging if you are not properly trained. You
should spend at least three to four hours of study (studying the textbook, working
on Mastering Engineering, etc.) for every hour of lecture.

Other Class Policies: 1) You are expected to attend classes regularly and participate in the class
discussions. Lack of participation and recurrent absences may lower your
final course grade.
2) Class participation is not just simply attending the class. You are expected to
ask meaningful/relevant questions and make an effort to answer quiz
questions.
3) If you miss a class, it is your responsibility to find out from your classmates
what was covered and other administrative information that was presented in
class (e.g., change of test date, new assignments, etc.) or to take advantage of
posted videos when available.
4) No use of laptops, netbooks, or other electronic devices for activity outside
of its use in this class (email, surf the web, working on another class, etc.) If I
detect you are using them for those purposes, I will ask you to leave the
classroom.
5) Exams must be taken as scheduled. If you skip an exam, you will not have an
opportunity to make it up unless there is a well-documented need.
6) If you are taking this class, you should not have any other class activity at the
same time scheduled for this class. Thus, I do not accept arguments about
activities with other classes. If you have such a problem, talk to the professor
in the other class, who would be responsible for causing the conflict.
7) Cheating will not be tolerated. Please, review the university policies at:
http://www.catalog.hawaii.edu/about-uh/campus-policies1.htm

Prerequisites: Grade of C or better in PHYS 170 and MATH 242, PHYS 170, and MATH 242,
MATH 243, or MATH 252A (or concurrent).

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The student learning outcomes (SLOs), also known as program outcomes, describe a skill set that students
are expected to have at the time of graduation. This class put significant emphasis on SLO 1 below:

1) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles
of engineering, science, and mathematics

You can find the complete SLO’s listing on

http://www.cee.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/New-Student-outcomes-Scorecards-
05_12_20-1.pdf

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 CEE 270 – APPLIED MECHANICS I
Tentative Course Outline for CEE 270 - Fall Semester 2023

Date Subject Reading

Course Introduction 1.1 – 1.6
Vector Operations 2.1 – 2.4
Force Vectors and Vector Operations 2.5 – 2.9
Equilibrium of a Particle 3.1 – 3.4
Moment of a Force 4.1 – 4.3
Principle of Moments, Moment about an axis 4.4 – 4.5
Moment of a Couple 4.6
Simplification of a Force and Couple System 4.7 – 4.8
Resultants of Distributed Forces 4.9
Two-Dimensional Equilibrium 5.1 – 5.4
Three-Dimensional Equilibrium 5.5 – 5.7
Th, 10/05 Test 1
Three-Dimensional Equilibrium 5.5 – 5.7
Trusses: Method of Joints 6.1 – 6.2
Trusses: Method of Sections 6.3 – 6.5
Frames and Machines 6.6
M, 10/30 Last day for restricted withdrawals
Th, 11/9 Test 2
Internal Forces/Shear and Moment Equations and Diagrams 7.1 – 7.2
Relations between Distributed Load, Shear, and Moment 7.3
Friction 8.1 – 8.2
Wedges, Flexible Belts 8.3, 8.5
Th 11/23 Holiday: Thanksgiving Day
Center of Gravity and Centroids 9.1 – 9.2
Area Moment of Inertia 10.1
Parallel Axis Theorem 10.2
Radius of Gyration, Moments of Inertia – Composite Shapes 10.3, 10.4
Th, 12/14 Final Exam (12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.) – Location TBD