Newtonian Mechanics in the Routine of Civil Construction

Abstract

The role played by General Mechanics education on the advancement of scientific and technical knowledge in our society is vitally important. In Brazil, this education is increasingly relevant due to the great boost in civil construction that our society has been attending. Particularly, we would like to highlight that this research aimed to apply the theory and exploration of friction concept, from a constructive criticism in the context of civil construction, for example: surfaces with friction, inclined planes with friction, in wedges and screw or the screw thread. To better understand the concept of friction, we instrumentalized it in a didactic context, respecting the existing knowledge with regard to the study of forces in some problems regarding to analysis of structures with friction, as we mentioned before. We understand that this is the most adaptable to the conception of a textbook in Mechanics, because it allows the exploration of the concepts in a hierarchical manner, as well it enables the deliberate manipulation of this universe to proper a meaningful learning.