Vector Algebra and Foundational Geometry - Vectors (Undergraduate Foundation)
360
21 hrs
[NUC Core] GET 209: Engineering Mathematics IMaster the mathematical language of engineering. This programme delivers the complete analytical toolkit required for a successful engineering career, covering single-variable calculus, multivariable calculus, linear algebra, and vector analysis. It provides the essential foundation for all subsequent engineering courses.
This programme is for second-year undergraduate students across all engineering disciplines. It delivers the official NUC CCMAS curriculum for Engineering Mathematics, providing the core training required for advanced modules in mechanics, thermodynamics, and circuit theory.
Model and analyse complex physical systems using calculus, linear algebra, and vector analysis. You will be equipped to solve problems in dynamics, statics, and field theory, providing the quantitative proficiency required for advanced engineering study and professional practice.
Master the mathematical language of engineering. This programme delivers the complete analytical toolkit required for a successful engineering career, covering single-variable calculus, multivariable calculus, linear algebra, and vector analysis. It provides the essential foundation for all subsequent engineering courses. This programme is for second-year undergraduate students across all engineering disciplines. It delivers the official NUC CCMAS curriculum for Engineering Mathematics, providing the core training required for advanced modules in mechanics, thermodynamics, and circuit theory. Model and analyse complex physical systems using calculus, linear algebra, and vector analysis. You will be equipped to solve problems in dynamics, statics, and field theory, providing the quantitative proficiency required for advanced engineering study and professional practice.
Course Chapters
1. Introduction5
Definitions of scalars, vectors and tensors; representation of a vector by a directed line segment; kinds of vectors - free, localized, equal, null, unit, like and unlike vectors.
Chapter lessons
1-2. Definition57:41
2. Vector Algebra65
Vector addition - triangle and parallelogram laws; multiplication of a vector by a scalar; relations on mid-points of sides of a triangle; vector algebra on quadrilaterals and other polygons; parallel vectors; laws of vector algebra.
Chapter lessons
2-6. Parallel vectors27:49
3. Position Vectors12
4. Vector Components45
Meaning of vector components; resolution of vectors into components in two and three dimensions; unit vectors, direction cosines and angle between two vectors in the three-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system.
Chapter lessons
4-1. Definition17:56
4-3. Cartesian components (2)43:36
4-4. Direction cosines22:13
5. Division of a Line33
Ratio Division of a line internally and externally; collinearity of points.
Chapter lessons
6. Vector Projections22
7. Centroids22
Mean centre (geometric centre) of a number of points; weighted mean centres.
Chapter lessons
7-1. Centroid8:07
Meaning and analysis of the centroid of a number of points.
7-2. Weighted mean12:21
Meaning and analysis of the weighted mean of a number of points.