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Introduction to Laboratory

Structural Mechanics Laboratory contributes mainly the teaching activities in the Civil Engineering Department. It provides support for basic concepts in structural mechanics through demonstrations which helps in developing students understanding in the related topics.

This includes: determination of Resultant of forces, verification of Hooke's law, sliding and Rolling Friction, Deflection of a straight beams, Determination of bar forces of a crane jib, Determination of forces in a basic Roof Truss, Friction on an Inclined Plane, Torsion of Bars, Shearing Force and Bending moment Apparatus, Static force experiments.

Course supported includes:

CE 201, CE 204, CE 309,

Mr. Syed Khaleeq Ahmad

Lab. Coordinator

Location: 192

Tel #: 00966-13-3402000

Ext.: 2596

Email: ahmadsk@rcjy.edu.sa

​ Force apparatus (Resolution of Forces)   Demonstration of Resolution of Forces which is  process of splitting up the given force into a number of components, without changing its effect on the body.

​ Friction on an inclined plane   Study of friction forces acting on the inclined plane

​ Universal structural testing frame 5000N plus experimental setup for modulus of elasticity   Demonstration of resultant of coplanar forces by using graphical method of parallelogram law of forces

​ Universal structural testing frame 5000N plus experimental setup for deflection of beams   Demonstration for deflection of beams for different loading cases of simply supported beam.

​ Shear Force and Bending Moment Apparatus   Setup for demonstration of the bending moment and shearing force on a simply supported beam subjected to point loads.

​ Basic Truss Apparatus   Measure force in the simple truss system