Course Highlights
  • You will understand key concepts such as the moment of a force, static equilibrium and determinacy
  • You will be able to determine the support reactions for structures subject to a range of loading conditions
  • You will learn to use the Joint Resolution Method and Method of Sections to analyse pin-jointed truss structures
  • You will understand the key differences between simplified analysis models and the behaviour of real world structures
Curriculum

1 Topic
An Introduction to Me and the Course

7 Topics
2D Force Systems
Force resultants and components
The Moment of a Force
Couples and Equivalent Systems
Test Yourself - Worked Example #1
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11 Topics
Equilibrium and Reaction Forces
Calculating Reaction Forces
Limitations of the Equations of Statics
Test Yourself - Worked Example #4
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13 Topics
What is a pin-jointed structure in theory
What is a pin-jointed structure in reality
Force calculation using 'Joint Resolution'
Force calculation using the 'Method of Sections'
Statical determinacy
Test Yourself - Worked Example #12
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Practice with the Truss Analysis Toolbox
Getting started with the toolbox
Wrapping up

1 Topic
BONUS LECTURE

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