Course Content (Syllabus)
Synthesis and analysis of forces in plane (2D) and space (3D), moment of a force, couple of forces, actio-reactio, types of bearings (floating bearings, locating bearings, clamping bearings), central and general systems of forces, Free-Body-Diagrams, equilibrium of forces and moments acting on bodies in plane and space, timber frames, graphical and calculational solving methods in plane and space, center of forces/lines/planes/gravity, moments of inertia of planes, Steiner theorem, algebraic translations, internal forces and moments, free, mathematical relations between internal forces and moments, N-Q-M diagrams, friction, law of friction, engineering applications of the law of friction