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Statics (NWTC)
This text covers essential topics for understanding the principles of statics in engineering, including static equilibrium in concurrent force systems, rigid bodies, and equivalent systems as well as engineering structures. Illustrates real-world engineering problems in a practical context.
- Publisher
- Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
- Source
- LibreTexts
- Language
- EN
Contents· 40 sections
- 01: Principles of Statics
- 1.01: Right Triangles
- 1.02: Oblique Triangles
- 1.03: Calculations Units and Unit Conversion
- 1.04: Forces
- 1.05: Moments
- 1.06: Free Body Diagrams
- 1.07: Chapter 1 Homework Problems
- 02: Static Equilibrium in Concurrent Force Systems
- 2.01: Static Equilibrium
- 2.02: Point Forces as Vectors
- 2.03: Principle of Transmissibility
- 2.04: Concurrent Forces
- 2.05: Equilibrium Analysis for Concurrent Force Systems
- 2.06: Chapter 2 Homework Problems
- 03: Static Equilibrium of Rigid Bodies
- 3.01: Moment of a Force (Scalar)
- 3.02: Varignon's Theorem
- 3.03: Couples
- 3.04: Equilibrium Analysis for a Rigid Body
- 3.05: Chapter 3 Homework Problems
- 04: Statically Equivalent Systems
- 4.01: Statically Equivalent Systems
- 4.02: Resolution of a Force into a Force and a Couple
- 4.03: Equivalent Force Couple System
- 4.04: Distributed Forces
- 4.05: Equivalent Point Load
- 4.06: Centroids and Centers of Mass via Method of Composite Parts
- 4.07: Centroids and Area Moments of Inertia for 2D Shapes
- 4.08: Center of Mass and Mass Moments of Inertia for Homogeneous 3D Bodies
- 4.09: Chapter 4 Homework Problems
- 05: Engineering Structures
- 5.01: Structures
- 5.02: Two-Force Members
- 5.03: Trusses
- 5.04: Method of Joints
- 5.05: Method of Sections
- 5.06: Frames and Machines
- 5.07: Analysis of Frames and Machines
- 5.08: Chapter 5 Homework Problems