Statics

Catalog description

Course designed for students planning to transfer to a 4-year engineering program. Covers mechanics of forces and loads in static equilibrium. Includes fundamentals of particle statics in 2D and 3D. Emphasis on rigid bodies equivalent force systems, equilibrium of rigid bodies in 2D and 3D, centroids and centers of gravity, friction, and analysis of trusses, frames, and beams; Also covers moments of inertia and radii of gyration; and method of virtual work.