Statics

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 experience an acceleration, but rather is in equilibrium with its environment.

structural element capable of withstanding loads by resisting bending

(in classical mechanics) a particle is in mechanical equilibrium if the net force on that particle is zero

force exerted on an object by a body with which it is in contact, and vice versa

thumb|right|Bending of an -beam

thumb|upright=1.2|A gömböc in the stable equilibrium position

when a structure's static equilibrium equations have no unique solution

equation relating the magnitudes of three coplanar, concurrent and non-collinear vectors, which keeps an object in static equilibrium, with the angles directly opposite to the corresponding vectors

mathematical problem