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General Principles; Idealizations; Units; Significant Figures; Newton’s Laws; Force Vectors; Moment and Force Couples; Equilibrium of Particles and Rigid Bodies; Free Body Diagrams; Two Force Members; Structural Analysis: Truss systems, Method of joints, Method of sections; Frames and Machines; Internal Forces: Shear force and bending moment diagrams, Construction of shear and moment diagrams using differential relations; Introduction to Strength of Materials: Axial stress and strain, Hooke's Law, Poisson's Ratio, Thermal stress and strain, Bearing stress in connections. |