Lectures in course CIVIL-124: Statics (for GC)

Covers principles of applied statics, focusing on continuous structures and media analysis.

Structural Analysis: Internal Forces and Reactions

Analyzes student performance in structural analysis exercises, focusing on internal forces and reactions in static structures.

Structural Statics: Modeling and Analysis

Covers modeling and analyzing real structures, emphasizing equilibrium, line of influence, and the importance of verifying finite element program results.

Structural Analysis: Equilibrium and Forces

Covers the analysis of structures by equilibrium and modeling real structures, including beams, cables, and internal forces.

Forces: Characteristics and Equivalence

Explores moments, force characteristics, static equivalence, and force units in statics.

Moments: Forces and Rotations

Explains moments of forces, their graphical notation, and calculation with respect to an axis.

Static Equivalence: Forces and Moments

Explores static equivalence of forces, replacing distributed forces with concentrated ones and calculating Cartesian components of forces and moments.

Discussion on Knowledge Assessment

Addresses feedback on course length, slides, and knowledge assessments.

Static Equilibrium: Reduction

Explains static equilibrium and reduction of forces and moments in a point.

Reduction: Equilibrium Equations and Static Equivalence

Covers the formulation of equilibrium equations, reduction of forces and moments, and static equivalence.

Equilibrium: Analysis and Formulation

Explores the principles of equilibrium in structures through analyzing forces and moments for stability.

Principle of Superposition in Statics

Covers the principle of superposition in statics, internal forces calculation, and structural elements.

Structural Operation Basics: Displacements

Covers the basics of structural operation, internal forces, and displacements in civil engineering.

Cutting Principle: Internal Forces and Equilibrium

Explores the cutting principle in statics, internal forces, equilibrium, and stress distribution.

Structural Elements: Bars

Discusses the modeling and classification of structural bars and their normal forces.

Types of Supports in Structures

Explores various types of supports in structures and their role in restricting movement and generating reactions.

Support Types: Components and Reactions

Explains support types, reactions, and isostaticity in structures.

Support Conditions: Isostaticity vs Hyperstaticity

Explains support conditions in structures, isostatic vs hyperstatic cases, mechanisms, and special immobilization cases.

Structural Elements: Connecting Members

Explores compound structures, connecting members, and isostaticity in supports and connections, with practical examples and exercises.

Virtual Displacements: Theory and Applications

Explores virtual displacements, reaction forces, and work on rigid bodies.