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  2. Graphic statics - Wikipedia

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    In a broad sense, the term graphic statics is used to describe the technique of solving particular practical problems of statics using graphical means. [1] Actively used in the architecture of the 19th century, the methods of graphic statics were largely abandoned in the second half of the 20th century, primarily due to widespread use of frame structures of steel and reinforced concrete that ...

  3. Compatibility (mechanics) - Wikipedia

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    The problem of compatibility in continuum mechanics involves the determination of allowable single-valued continuous fields on simply connected bodies. More precisely, the problem may be stated in the following manner. [5] Figure 1. Motion of a continuum body. Consider the deformation of a body shown in Figure 1.

  4. Euler's equations (rigid body dynamics) - Wikipedia

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    The vector ˙ is the angular acceleration. Again, note that all quantities are defined in the rotating reference frame. Again, note that all quantities are defined in the rotating reference frame. In orthogonal principal axes of inertia coordinates the equations become

  5. Rigid body dynamics - Wikipedia

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    In the physical science of dynamics, rigid-body dynamics studies the movement of systems of interconnected bodies under the action of external forces.The assumption that the bodies are rigid (i.e. they do not deform under the action of applied forces) simplifies analysis, by reducing the parameters that describe the configuration of the system to the translation and rotation of reference ...

  6. Free body diagram - Wikipedia

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    In statics all forces and moments must balance to zero; the physical interpretation is that if they do not, the body is accelerating and the principles of statics do not apply. In dynamics the resultant forces and moments can be non-zero. Free body diagrams may not represent an entire physical body. Portions of a body can be selected for analysis.

  7. Statics - Wikipedia

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    Statics is the branch of classical mechanics that is concerned with the analysis of force and torque acting on a physical system that does not ... In vector format, ...

  8. Stress (mechanics) - Wikipedia

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    The vector T may be regarded as the sum of two components: the normal stress (compression or tension) perpendicular to the surface, and the shear stress that is parallel to the surface. If the normal unit vector n of the surface (pointing from Q towards P) is assumed fixed, the normal component can be expressed by a single number, the dot ...

  9. Euler angles - Wikipedia

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    Projections of Z vector Projections of Y vector. A common problem is to find the Euler angles of a given frame. The fastest way to get them is to write the three given vectors as columns of a matrix and compare it with the expression of the theoretical matrix (see later table of matrices). Hence the three Euler Angles can be calculated.