UNIT I 12

BASICS AND STATICS OF PARTICLES

Introduction – Units and Dimensions – Laws of Mechanics – Lami’s theorem,

Parallelogram and triangular Law of forces – Vectorial representation of forces
– Vector operations of forces - additions, subtraction, dot product, cross
product – Coplanar Forces – rectangular components – Equilibrium of a particle
– Forces in space – Equilibrium of a particle in space – Equivalent systems of
forces – Principle of transmissibility

AT THE END OF THE CHAPTER YOU WOULD HAVE LEARNT

• Fundamentals of mechanics: History, Units, Laws & Vector operations

• Classify forces & resolve concurrent, coplanar forces: equilibrium of a
particle and application to different engineering problems (statics of
particle, forces in a plane)
• Solve for resultant of concurrent, non-coplanar forces (statics of
particle, forces in space)
 STATICS OF PARTICLES
(Non Coplanar, Concurrent forces)

Resolution & Composition of forces

• Resultant: A single equivalent
force that produces the effect of
all given system of forces acting
on a particle
• Equilibrant: A force that has
magnitude equal to the
resultant, acting exactly opposite
to the direction of the resultant
and keeps the particle in
equilibrium
RESULTANT OF FORCES
RESULTANT
FORCE
Three components of force in space: Resolving along
edges of quadrants
RESULTANT OF CONCURRENT NONCOPLANAR
FORCES GIVEN MAGNITUDE & INCLINATION
GIVEN MAGNITUDE & INCLINATION ALONG
RESPECTIVE LINES Resultant by Vector
Approach
GIVEN MAGNITUDE & INCLINATION ALONG
RESPECTIVE LINES

Resultant by Algebraic
Approach
EQUILIBRIUM OF PARTICLE IN SPACE

All these forces should independently be zero, to keep the

particles in static equilibrium.

PRINCIPLE OF TRANMISSIBILITY