Dr. A @ ITEC @ MU

Department of Industry & Technology Millersville University

Statics

  • Text books (fall 2010)
    - (required) Engineering Mechanics: Statics (12th Edition), Russell C. Hibbeler, Publisher: Prentice Hall, ISBN-10: 0136077900

    - Applied Statics and Strength of Materials (5th Edition), George F. Limbrunner, Leonard Spiegel, Publisher: Prentice Hall, ISBN-10: 0131946846

  • Syllabus: ITEC345_FA10
  • Check D2L for additional course material
  • Hibbeler's companion website (videos, T/F questions, etc)
  • Software: AutoCAD ME; SolidWorks; Inventor; MATruss, RISA, JHU - Bridge Designer, West Point Bridge Designer (WPBD)

 

Useful links

  1. Statics - Math Review
  2. Useful material in SPSU
  3. Truss Bridges
  4. Bridge Designer (software)
  5. Construction material resource (Pitsco)
  6. Advanced Manufacturing Techniques Inc. (Structural Testing Machine)

Video's are watched in classroom

  1. Collapse-failure by design (Discovery Channel video series)

 

Statics is the branch of physics concerned with the analysis of loads (force, torque/moment) on physical systems in static equilibrium, that is, in a state where the relative positions of subsystems do not vary over time, or where components and structures are at rest. When in static equilibrium, the system is either at rest, or its center of mass moves at constant velocity.