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Funuamental Equations of Statics

CartesianVector
A

= A
x
t + A

+ A
z
k

Magnitude
A = _A
x
2
+A

2
+ A
z
2

Unitvector
u
A
=
A

A
=
A
x
A
t +
A

A
+
A
z
A
k

Unitvectorusingdirectioncosines
u
A
= cos(o) t + cos([) + cos(y) k

DotProduct
A

= A B Cos(0)
A

= A
x
B
x
+ A

+A
z
B
z

CrossProduct
C

= A

= _
t k

A
x
A

A
z
B
x
B

B
z
_
CartesianPositionVector
r
AB
= (x
B
- x
A
) t + (y
B
- y
A
) + (z
B
-z
A
) k

CartesianForceVector
F

AB
= F u
AB
= F
r
AB
|r
AB
|

Momentofaforce
Scolor Formulotion: H
o
= F J
Icctor Formulotion: M

o
= r F

= _
t k

r
x
r

r
z
F
x
F

F
z
_
Momentofaforceaboutaspecifiedaxis
H
uu
= u
uu
(r F

) = _
u
x
u

u
z
r
x
r

r
z
F
x
F

F
z
_
Simplificationofaforceandcouplesystem
F

R
= F

(M

R
)
0
= M

+(M

)
0

Particleequilibrium
F
x
= u; F

= u; F
z
= u;

Rigidbodyequilibriumin2D
F
x
= u; F

= u; H
0
= u;
Rigidbodyequilibriumin3D
F
x
= u; F

= u; F
z
= u;
H
x
= u; H

= u; H
z
= u;
Equilibriumequations:Vectorformulation
F

= u; M

o
= u;
Centroids
x =
x

or x =
] x JA
] JA

1) ifo, nareconstantsthen]ox
n
Jx =
u
n+1
x
n+1

2) ifw wcigbt,I Iolumc,andp Jcnsitythenw = (pg) I