This module aims to provide the students with the basic knowledge of the fundamental concepts of statics, including force, moment/couple, resultant force and resultant moment of a general force-couple system, equilibrium conditions/equations of a force system, common types of constraints/supports, and free body diagrams.
Engineering structures and components transmit loads and other external actions by means of internal stresses and how these stresses lead to strains and displacements; concepts such as Mohr circle of stress and the relationships between stress and strain.
By applying these concepts, the students will be able to solve statically determined: truss structures (using the methods of joints and sections) and beam structures (using the simple models of beam behaviour).