Students can determine the support reactions of beams supporting distributed loads. Students can use the method of joints and the method of sections to determine the load in each truss member. Students can determine the forces acting in frames and machines. Students can determine the force required to place a system of wedges in equilibrium by applying the laws of dry friction and the angle of friction. Students can determine the moment of inertia of an area.
Students can determine the radius of gyration of an area.
Tentative Course Outline Topics 1. Orientation and Mathematics Review 2. Statics of Particles 3. Moments and Couples 4. Three Equations of Equilibrium 5.