This document discusses key concepts in mechanics and statics. It defines three types of loading - concentrated, uniformly distributed, and non-uniformly distributed. Mechanics is described as the science that predicts the motion or rest of bodies under forces, while statics specifically studies rigid bodies at rest or in equilibrium. Vector quantities have both magnitude and direction and combine geometrically, unlike scalar quantities which only have magnitude. The parallelogram law describes how to find the resultant of two forces by drawing them as the sides of a parallelogram.
This document discusses key concepts in mechanics and statics. It defines three types of loading - concentrated, uniformly distributed, and non-uniformly distributed. Mechanics is described as the science that predicts the motion or rest of bodies under forces, while statics specifically studies rigid bodies at rest or in equilibrium. Vector quantities have both magnitude and direction and combine geometrically, unlike scalar quantities which only have magnitude. The parallelogram law describes how to find the resultant of two forces by drawing them as the sides of a parallelogram.
This document discusses key concepts in mechanics and statics. It defines three types of loading - concentrated, uniformly distributed, and non-uniformly distributed. Mechanics is described as the science that predicts the motion or rest of bodies under forces, while statics specifically studies rigid bodies at rest or in equilibrium. Vector quantities have both magnitude and direction and combine geometrically, unlike scalar quantities which only have magnitude. The parallelogram law describes how to find the resultant of two forces by drawing them as the sides of a parallelogram.
THE SCIENCE WHICH DESCRIBES AND PREDICTS THE CONDITIONS
OF REST OR MOTION OF BODIES UNDER THE ACTION OF FORCES. THE SCIENCE WHICH CONSIDERS THE EFFECTS OF FORCES ON RIGID BODIES.
STATICS -
THE STUDY OF THE EFFECTS AND DISTRIBUTION OF FORCES ON
RIGID BODIES WHICH ARE AND REMAIN AT REST. THE STUDY OF BODIES IN EQUILIBRIUM.
QUANTITIES USED IN MECHANICS
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SCALAR QUANTITIES ARE QUANTITIES WITH MAGNITUDE ONLY
AND CAN BE COMBINED ARITHMETICALLY. VECTOR QUANTITIES ARE QUANTITIES HAVING BOTH MAGNITUDE AND DIRECTIONS WHICH COMBINE GEOMETRICALLY, ACCORDING TO THE PARALLELOGRAM LAW.
PARALLELOGRAM LAW -
THE RESULTANT OF THE TWO FORCES IS THE DIAGONAL OF THE
PARALLELOGRAM WHOSE INITIAL SIDES ARE THE VECTOR OF THOSE FORCES.
THE SINGLE FORCE THAT WILL SUBSTITUTE THE MANY FORCES
ACTING ON THE BODY YET IT WILL PRODUCE THE SAME EFFECT.
SIMPLY DEFINED AS A PUSH OR PULL OF A BODY. IT IS AN
INFLUENCE THAT CHANGES OR TEND TO CHANGE THE STATE OF THE BODY UPON WHICH IT ACTS.
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