Students can resolve a force into two components using the parallelogram law. Students can resolve two or more forces into x and y components and determine the resultant of the forces by summing the components. Students can determine the unknown forces acting on a particle in equilibrium by applying the equilibrium equations. Students can determine the resultant of three or more space forces by summing their rectangular components. Students can determine the three unknown forces acting on a particle in space, that is in equilibrium, by applying the equilibrium equations.
Students can apply the principle of the transmissibility of forces.
Students can apply Varigon's Theorem. Students can determine the moment of a couple. 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.