Statics Exam Preparation

What every plan includes

• ✓Full Statics video course - 28 video lessons explaining all 13 topics (equilibrium to energy methods)
• ✓Practice tasks
• ✓4 Sample exams with video solutions
• ✓Notes you can draw on - make your own notes collection directly here

Supported adds weekly Q&A, the question forum and 50%-off exam simulations. 1-on-1 Coaching adds two 2-hour 1-on-1 online sessions with the tutor, free live exam simulations every session, and priority for private tutoring at a 50% discount. Pick your tier on the right.

Topics included (13)

1. 1
   Equilibrium

   Forces, moments and free-body diagrams, supports and joint reactions, distributed loads and superposition.
2. 2
   Truss systems

   Method of joints and method of sections, force decomposition, strategic cuts and the K-cut exam trick.
3. 3
   Static Determinacy

   Pole plans and the counting criterion to check for static determinancy.
4. 4
   Zero Force Bars

   Spotting zero-force members quickly to simplify a truss before doing any calculation.
5. 5
   2D Internal Load Diagrams (Integral Method)

   Normal force, shear force and bending moment diagrams built with the integral method.
6. 6
   2D Internal Load Diagrams (Geometric Method)

   The same N, V and M diagrams built geometrically for faster exam solutions.
7. 7
   3D Internal Load Diagrams

   Normal force, shear, torsion and bending moments for three-dimensional structures.
8. 8
   Virtual Work

   Pole plans, displacement diagrams and angle relations to solve supports and internal loads with virtual work method.
9. 9
   Static Friction (Dry + Belt)

   Dry friction and belt friction, description of direction to apply forces.
10. 10
    Potentials & Stability

    Gravitational and spring potential energy, finding equilibrium points and testing their stability.
11. 11
    Stresses and Strains

    Mechanical and thermal strain, detailed derivation of stress and strain equations.
12. 12
    Menabrea & Castigliano's Energy Method

    Energy methods 1: Castigliano for displacements and Menabrea for 1x, 2x, overdetermined system.
13. 13
    Force Magnitude Method

    Energy methods 2: Force magnitude method for 1x, 2x over-determined systems and a different notation for faster exam solutions.

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