Structural Systems and Stability

This course covers fundamental concepts of structural systems, focusing on rigid bodies, their classifications, and internal forces. It covers various structural systems like trusses, beams, frames, and introduces one-dimensional components. The course explains forces acting on these structures, the concept of a link member, and the sign convention for internal forces. It discusses truss systems, structures made up of one-dimensional axial members, and their analysis. The course introduces the method of joints for solving internal forces and concludes with a discussion on stability in structural systems, the concept of degrees of freedom, and the difference between stable, statically indeterminate, and unstable systems.