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MAT 321 Statics

NCE3 levelSciences7 topics

MAT 321 covers 7 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. General conditions of equilibrium
  2. Resolution of forces acting at a point
  3. Equilibrium conditions of moments
  4. Coplanar forces (centroids)
  5. Centre of gravity: centre of mass, simple forms, general formula for centre of gravity
  6. Compound bodies, centre of gravity by integration
  7. Friction: laws of friction and resistance, angle of friction, the least force problem

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General conditions of equilibrium

The general conditions of equilibrium state that a body remains in equilibrium only when there is no resultant force and no resultant moment acting on it. For Statics examinations, this topic is fundamental because it is the basis for analysing particles, rigid bodies, beams, frames, and supports without motion.

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