Beams I: Introduction to Structural Mechanics

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Covers beams with distributed and concentrated forces, bending moment, shear force, and internal load diagrams.

Introduces structural mechanics concepts like distributed loads, centroids, and equilibrium in 2D and 3D.

Covers systems of forces, moments, couples, and stress in 2D and 3D, as well as the effect of force-couple systems.

Explores systems of forces in three dimensions, emphasizing moments and couples, equilibrium, and scalar components.

Covers the fundamentals of structural mechanics, focusing on beams, sign conventions, types of beams, and methods to calculate stress resultants.

Introduces the fundamental concepts of forces, moments, and their classifications in structural mechanics.

Explores beam types, internal loads computation, and load diagrams, with a focus on historical context and practical examples.

Introduces structural mechanics, covering tower challenges, truss structures, force systems, deformable bodies, and material behaviors.

Covers shear stresses in beams and built-up beams, including shear flow calculations and stress superimposition.

Explores virtual work in structural mechanics, emphasizing equilibrium states and the application of virtual displacements.