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Title: Statics of Rigid Bodies
Description: Statics is a branch of mechanics which studies the effects and distribution of forces of rigid bodies which are and remain at rest. In this area of mechanics, the body in which forces are acting is assumed to be rigid. The deformation of non-rigid bodies is treated in Strength of Materials. In the PDF i have uploaded there is a set of word problems with given solutions. There's also 2 problems provided for you to practice what you have read on the PDF for more details & info this is my email "smillare01.SM@gmail.com"

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The  Method  of  Sec,ons    
•  When   we   need   to   find   the   force  
in  only  a  few  members  of  a  truss,  
we   can   analyze   the   truss   using  
the  method  of  sec+ons
...
 
•  For   example,   consider   the   two  
truss  members  shown  on  the  le?  
in  Fig
...
 

The  Method  of  Sec,ons    
•  If  the  forces  within  the  members  
are   to   be   determined,   then   an  
imaginary   secDon,   indicated   by  
the  blue  line,  can  be  used  to  cut  
each   member   into   two   parts   and  
thereby   “expose”   each   internal  
force   as   “external”   to   the   free-­‐
body   diagrams   shown   on   the  
right
...
”    
•   
 

The  Method  of  Sec,ons    
•  The  method  of  secDons  can  also  be  used  to  “cut”  or  secDon  the  
members  of  an  enDre  truss
...
”  
•  Since   only   three   independent   equilibrium   equaDons   (ΣFx   =   0,  
ΣFy   =   0,   ΣMO   =   0)   can   be   applied   to   the   free-­‐body   diagram   of  
any   segment,   then   we   should   try   to   select   a   secDon   that,   in  
general,  passes  through  not  more  than  three  members  in  which  
the  forces  are  unknown
...
  6–15a
...
 

The  Method  of  Sec,ons    
•  The  free-­‐body  diagrams  of  the  two  segments  are  shown  in  Figs
...
   

The  Method  of  Sec,ons    
•  Note  that  the  line  of  acDon  of  each  member  force  is  specified  
from  the  geometry  of  the  truss,  since  the  force  in  a  member  is  
along  its  axis
...
 

The  Method  of  Sec,ons    
•  Also,   the   member   forces   acDng   on   one   part   of   the   truss   are  
equal  but  opposite  to  those  acDng  on  the  other  part—Newton’s  
third  law
...
”    

The  Method  of  Sec,ons    
•  The   three   unknown   member   forces   FBC,   FGC,   and   FGF   can   be  
obtained   by   applying   the   three   equilibrium   equaDons   to   the  
free-­‐body  diagram  in  Fig
...
   

The  Method  of  Sec,ons    
•  If,  however,  the  free-­‐body  diagram  in  Fig
...
 
(This,   of   course,   is   done   in   the   usual   manner   by   considering   a  
free-­‐body  diagram  of  the  en+re  truss
...
 
•  For   example,   using   the   truss  
segment   in   Fig
...
   

The  Method  of  Sec,ons    
•  Likewise,   F BC   can   be   directly  
obtained   by   summing   moments  
about  G
...
   
•  This   ability   to   determine   directly  
the   force   in   a   parDcular   truss  
member   is   one   of   the   main  
advantages  of  using  the  method  of  
secDons
...
”  
!  For   example,   FBC   is   a   tensile  
force  as  represented  in  Fig
...
 
!  In  more  complicated  cases,  the  
sense  of  an  unknown  member  
force  may  be  assumed
...
 

The  Method  of  Sec,ons    
•  Always   assume   that   the   unknown  
member   forces   at   the   cut   secDon  
are  tensile  forces,  i
...
,  “pulling”  on  
the  member
...
   

The  Method  of  Sec,ons    

The  Method  of  Sec,ons    

The  Method  of  Sec,ons    

The  Method  of  Sec,ons  
(Exercise  1)    

The  Method  of  Sec,ons  
(Exercise  2)    


Title: Statics of Rigid Bodies
Description: Statics is a branch of mechanics which studies the effects and distribution of forces of rigid bodies which are and remain at rest. In this area of mechanics, the body in which forces are acting is assumed to be rigid. The deformation of non-rigid bodies is treated in Strength of Materials. In the PDF i have uploaded there is a set of word problems with given solutions. There's also 2 problems provided for you to practice what you have read on the PDF for more details & info this is my email "smillare01.SM@gmail.com"