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Beginner3 hoursBy EngineerEDU Team

Statics Fundamentals

Master the foundations of engineering statics: forces, moments, and equilibrium. The bedrock of every structural and mechanical design.

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Statics is the study of bodies in equilibrium - the starting point for structural, mechanical, and civil engineering. In this course you'll build a rock-solid intuition for forces and moments, then learn to solve equilibrium problems with confidence.

By the end of this course you'll be able to draw free body diagrams, resolve forces into components, and solve for unknown reactions in 2D systems.

Lessons

  1. 1

    Forces and Vectors

    Understand what a force is and how to represent it as a vector.

  2. 2

    Moments and Torque

    Learn how forces create rotation and how to calculate moments about a point.

  3. 3

    Equilibrium and Free Body Diagrams

    Put it all together: solve for unknown reactions using the equations of equilibrium.