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3 DIFFERENT TYPES OF LOADING:

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CONCENTRATED LOAD
UNIFORMLY DISTRIBUTED LOAD
NON-UNIFORMLY DISTRIBUTED LOAD

MECHANICS
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THE SCIENCE WHICH DESCRIBES AND PREDICTS THE CONDITIONS

OF REST OR MOTION OF BODIES UNDER THE ACTION OF FORCES.
THE SCIENCE WHICH CONSIDERS THE EFFECTS OF FORCES ON
RIGID BODIES.

STATICS
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THE STUDY OF THE EFFECTS AND DISTRIBUTION OF FORCES ON

RIGID BODIES WHICH ARE AND REMAIN AT REST.
THE STUDY OF BODIES IN EQUILIBRIUM.

QUANTITIES USED IN MECHANICS

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SCALAR QUANTITIES ARE QUANTITIES WITH MAGNITUDE ONLY

AND CAN BE COMBINED ARITHMETICALLY.
VECTOR QUANTITIES ARE QUANTITIES HAVING BOTH MAGNITUDE
AND DIRECTIONS WHICH COMBINE GEOMETRICALLY, ACCORDING
TO THE PARALLELOGRAM LAW.

PARALLELOGRAM LAW
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THE RESULTANT OF THE TWO FORCES IS THE DIAGONAL OF THE

PARALLELOGRAM WHOSE INITIAL SIDES ARE THE VECTOR OF THOSE
FORCES.

THE SINGLE FORCE THAT WILL SUBSTITUTE THE MANY FORCES

ACTING ON THE BODY YET IT WILL PRODUCE THE SAME EFFECT.

SIMPLY DEFINED AS A PUSH OR PULL OF A BODY. IT IS AN

INFLUENCE THAT CHANGES OR TEND TO CHANGE THE STATE OF
THE BODY UPON WHICH IT ACTS.

RESULTANT

FORCE

FORCE SYSTEM
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