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. 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.