Diploma in Agricultural Engineering

By the end of this module the trainee should have understood the following topics:

1. Statics

i) Composition and resolution of co-planer force

ii) Moments, couples and torque

2. Fluids

i) Properties of fluid

ii) Pressure and pressure measurement 

iii) Archimedes principles and buoyancy  

iv) Bernoulli's and continuity equation of fluid in action 

3. Stress and strain

i) Stress / strain 

ii) Modulas of elasticity 

iii) Rigidity 

iv) The tensile test

4. Friction 

i) Static and dynamic friction 

ii) Law of friction 

iii) Effectects of friction