Lectures related to Virtual Work II: Conservative Forces and Equilibrium

Explores space trusses, frames, and hierarchical structural metamaterials, including loaded frames and hydraulic cylinders.

Covers equilibrium, free body diagrams, and determinate systems in structural mechanics.

Covers the concepts of work, power, energy, equilibrium, and stability in mechanics.

Covers space trusses, frames, and machines, emphasizing equilibrium analysis and structural design principles.

Discusses the principle of minimum energy and equilibrium solutions in potential energy.

Explores the resolution of forces and energy calculations in mechanics using Newton's laws and trigonometric formulas.

Explores work in mechanics, kinetic and potential energy, conservative forces, and the conservation of mechanical energy.

Explains the relationship between force and potential energy, defining conservative forces and equilibrium.