
Ace Statics Through Problem Solving
Essential Strategies for Engineering Mechanics From Statics Through Mechanics of MaterialsBy Bethany OkonkwoLength13h 20m
About this audiobook
A rigorous problem-solving guide that builds statics and mechanics of materials skills from free-body diagrams to buckling, with every example solved in full and common mistakes highlighted.
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GenreTechnology, Science and Nature
Length13 hrs 20 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 27, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Ace Statics Through Problem Solving
2Foreword
3Preface
4About This Book
5Chapter 1: Setting Up a Statics Problem
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61.1 Units, Significant Figures and the Discipline of Numbers
71.2 Idealising Real Supports and Connections
81.3 The Four-Step Method: Sketch, Free Body, Equations, Check
91.4 Habits That Prevent Algebra Errors
10Chapter 2: Force Vectors in Two and Three Dimensions
112.1 Rectangular Components and Resultants in a Plane
122.2 Unit Vectors, Position Vectors and 3D Components
132.3 Resultants of Concurrent Forces in Space
142.4 The Dot Product: Angles and Projections
152.5 The Cross Product: Moments as Vectors
16Chapter 3: Equilibrium of a Particle
173.1 Free-Body Diagrams for Particles
183.2 Cables, Pulleys and Two-Force Members
193.3 Springs, Inclines and Support Reactions on Particles
203.4 Solving Simultaneous Equations Cleanly
213.5 Three-Dimensional Concurrent Force Systems
22Chapter 4: Moments, Couples and Equivalent Systems
234.1 Moment of a Force About a Point
244.2 Moment of a Force About an Axis
254.3 Couples and Couple Moments
264.4 Reduction of a Force System to a Force and Couple
274.5 Resultants of Distributed Forces
28Chapter 5: Rigid-Body Equilibrium
295.1 Free-Body Diagrams for Rigid Bodies
305.2 Support Reactions in Two and Three Dimensions
315.3 Static Determinacy, Partial and Improper Constraint
325.4 Three-Dimensional Equilibrium Problems
33Chapter 6: Trusses
346.1 Assumptions and the Method of Joints
356.2 The Method of Sections
366.3 Zero-Force Members and the Traps
376.4 Compound Trusses and Combined Structures
386.5 Space Trusses and Examination Traps
39Chapter 7: Frames and Machines
407.1 Dismembering Multi-Force Structures
417.2 Internal Pulleys, Links and Cable Routing
427.3 Checking Results by Re-Assembling the Whole
43Chapter 8: Internal Loading, Shear and Moment Diagrams
448.1 Sign Conventions and Cutting a Section
458.2 The Load-Shear-Moment Relationships
468.3 Drawing Diagrams by Inspection
478.4 Beams with Moment Loads and Overhangs
48Chapter 9: Friction
499.1 The Dry Friction Model and Impending Motion
509.2 Tipping Versus Sliding