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Barry S Onouye
ARCH 320
Seattle Campus
Statics -- Force analysis; the study of external forces and force systems and their analytical solutions as applied to bodies at rest (equilibrium). Topic areas include beams, trusses, determinate frames, and load tracing.
Class description
The course addresses statics--Force analysis; the study of external forces and force systems and their analytical solutions as applied to bodies at rest (equilibrium). Topic areas include beams, trusses, determinate frames, and load tracing. This course develops an understanding about the concept of force equilibrium. Force equilibrium represents one of the most basic yet powerful concepts in the field of structural engineering, and is the basis for the understanding of structural behavior. At the completion of this course, the student should have a sound understanding of this concept and be able to utilize it in analyzing statically determinate force systems. Emphasis is on force analysis involving external load conditions on a structural system without regard to the strengtrh of materials.
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