Engineering

Mechanics:
Statics
Introduction to Statics

Prep by: Engr. Buluran

 Mechanics is a branch of the physical sciences
that is concerned with the state of rest or motion
of bodies that are subjected to the action of
forces. In general, Mechanics can be subdivided
into three branches:

What is
Engineering Rigid-body Mechanics

Mechanics?
Deformable-body Mechanics

Fluid Mechanics
• Rigid-body mechanics is divided
into two areas:

Statics deals with the equilibrium of

bodies, that is, those that are either at
rest or move with a constant velocity.
Dynamics is concerned with the
accelerated motion of bodies.
 • Basic Quantities:
Length – used to locate the position of a
point in space
Fundamental Time – conceived as a succession of events
Concepts Mass – measure of quantity of a matter that is
used to compare the action of one body with
that of another.
Force – considered as a “push” or a “pull”
exerted by one body on another.
• Idealizations
Particle – a particle has a mass, but a
size can be neglected.
Rigid Body – It can be considered as a
combination of a large number of
particles in which all the particles
remain at a fixed position.
Concentrated Force – It represents the
effect of a loading which is assumed to
act on a point on a body
• Newton’s Three Laws of Motion

First Law - A particle originally at rest, or moving in a straight line with

constant velocity, tend to remain the same provided the particle is not
subjected to an unbalanced force.
• Second Law – a particle acted upon by an unbalanced force F experiences an
acceleration that has the same direction as the force and a magnitude that is
directly proportional to the force.

• Third Law – The mutual forces action and reaction between two particles are equal,
opposite, and collinear.
Units of
Measurement
 Conversion of Units

FPS System
1 ft = 12 in.
5280 ft = 1 mi
1000 lb = 1 kip (kilo-pound)
2000 lb = 1 ton
 Fundamental Properties of Vectors

• A Scalar is a quantity that has a magnitude

only. Examples of scalar quantities include
length, mass, and time.
• A Vector is a quantity that possesses
magnitude and direction and obeys the
parallelogram law for addition.
• Vector Addition
When adding two vectors together it is important to account for both
their magnitudes and their directions.

1. Parallelogram Law
2. Triangle Rule

3. Special Case: when two vectors are collinear

• Vector Subtraction
• A second technique is to determine the relationships between the
various magnitudes and angles analytically by applying the laws of
sine and cosine.
 Sample Problem
• The figure below shows two position vectors of magnitudes A = 60m
and B = 100m. Determine the resultant.
• Determine the magnitude of the component F shown in the figure
and the magnitude of the resultant force FR if FR is directed along the
positive y-axis.
 References

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Engineering Mechanics: Engineering Mechanics:
Statics by R. Hibbeler Statics and Dynamics by F.
Singer