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Statics Overview
(NCEES ppg. 67‐71)
F = ma
If we know something isn’t moving, we know it isn’t
accelerating.
If a = 0, then F = 0
In Statics, we know the forces add up to zero, so we can
find unknown forces.

In Dynamics, acceleration will be non‐zero, and either

forces or acceleration will be unknown (but not both).

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Statics Trigonometry
(NCEES pg.23)

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Statics Forces
(NCEES pg. 67)

ƩF = 0
We can break down the total forces into forces in three
orthogonal directions.
If something isn’t moving, then it isn’t moving fore/aft, left to
right, or up and down.

Fx = 0
Fy = 0
Fz = 0

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Statics Forces
(NCEES pg. 67)

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Statics Forces
(NCEES pg. 67)

To determine the cumulative effect of several forces, break each into its
component parts, then add the component parts.
Graphically:

Numerically:
Fx = F1x + F2x + F3x

Fy = F1y + F2y + F3y

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Example Statics Problems
(NCEES pg. 67)

FE Sample Problems:

1) A rigid body in static equilibrium experiences

a) only small forces
b) only large forces
c) no balanced forces
d) no unbalanced forces

4) All of the following attributes characterize a force except

a) magnitude
b) direction
c) Line of action
d) center of rotation

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Example Statics Problems
(NCEES pg. 67)

FE Sample Problems:

1) A rigid body in static equilibrium experiences

a) only small forces
b) only large forces
c) no balanced forces
d) no unbalanced forces

The answer is (d)

4) All of the following attributes characterize a force except

a) magnitude
b) direction
c) Line of action
d) center of rotation

The answer is (d)

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Example Statics Problems

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Forces (NCEES pg. 67)

What is the resultant force when combining the five forces shown?
a) 30 N
b) 150 N
c) 164 N
d) 196 N

Statics S‐10
Moments (NCEES pg. 67)

MO = r x F
MO = |MO| = |r||F| sin = d|F|

According to the Right‐Hand Rule, what is the direction of the moment

about point O?
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Couples (NCEES pg. 67)

How can you apply force to an object to cause it to rotate, without causing
it to translate (slide)?

M = Fd

Statics S‐12
Couples (NCEES pg. 67)

There are six equations of motion for 3‐D Statics.

Which of these apply to 2‐D Statics in the x‐y plane?

Rx = 0 Mx = 0
Ry = 0 My = 0
Rx = 0 Mz = 0

The moment due to an applied force on a body is zero only when

a) the force is negative

b) the force is through the origin
c) the line of action passes through the center of rotation
d) The force is a function of time

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Couples (NCEES pg. 67)

The moment of a force F applied at a distance r from a point O is equal to

which of the following?

a) MO = r ∙ F
b) MO = ‫ ∙ ׏‬F
c) MO = r x F
d) MO = ‫ ׏‬x F

A couple is composed of a pair of forces that are

a) unequal, opposite, and nonparallel.

b) unequal, opposite, and parallel.
c) equal, opposite, and parallel.
d) equal, and parallel forces.

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Example Moment Problems

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Determinacy

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Determinacy

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Free‐Body Diagrams

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Example Determinacy Problems

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Example Determinacy Problems

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Cables

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Forces (NCEES pg. 67)

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Pulleys

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Pulleys

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Friction (NCEES pg. 67)

F ≤ N

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Trusses

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Trusses

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Trusses

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