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Study Guide for Final Examination
This guide is not providing “answers” for the conceptual questions. It is a list of topical concepts
and their application you should be familiar with. It is an aid to help prepare for the final exam.
Statics
Sin, Cos, Tan, opposite, adjacent & hypotenuse
Perpendicular
Result of acceleration on a mass and Weight
Law of transmissibility
Internal vs. external forces
Tension and compression
Collinear, Coplanar, Space, Concurrent &
Parallel force systems
Vectors and scalars
Scale
Parallelogram law
Tip-to-tail method
Resultant of a force
Component of a force
Moment of a force
Varignon’s Theorem of moments
Moment Couple
Equivalent Force Systems
Equilibrium
Newton’s First Law
Direction and type of force in a cable with
relation to geometry
Free Body Diagram
Reactions at a support and relationship to motion
prevented
Short link or cable, roller, rocker, pin or hinge,
smooth surface, rough surface, fixed
Negative result for a variable from equilibrium
equations from free body diagram
“Best” location for summation of moment
Statically Determinate vs. Indeterminate
Two-force bodies and relationship to loads
Three-force bodies
Pin connections
Method of Joints
Method of Sections
Actions vs. reactions
General: Systems
What happened to the Wonderful “one-Hoss
Shay”
Truss configurations and assumptions for
analysis
Zero-force member
Special truss member configurations at joints and
conditions
Basis of graphical truss analysis (aka Maxwell’s
diagram)
Compound truss
Diagonal tension counters and solution method
Pinned arches and frames
Rigid vs. non-rigid pinned frames
Rigid frame behavior
Free Body Diagram rule for force at a pin of a
frame
Connection types and load/moment transfer
Types and purpose of bracing
One-way vs. two-way slab behavior
Bearing, shear, curtain walls ...
Shallow foundations: spread, wall, mat
Deep foundations: piles, pile caps, grade beams
Framing system choices exist
System selection and design should NOT be the
last phase of design
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