# 12-212   Statics

**Source**: https://cee.engineering.cmu.edu/education/course-descriptions/12-212.html
**Parent**: https://cee.engineering.cmu.edu/education/graduate/non-engineering-applicants.html

Introduction to vector mechanics; equivalent systems of forces; equilibrium of rigid bodies; free body diagram; distributed forces, hydrostatic forces, effective forces, centroids; applications to simple statically determinate trusses, beams, frames, cables and other physical systems; friction.

### Textbook(s):

Textbook information can be found at the [CMU Bookstore](https://bookstore.mbsdirect.net/vbm/vb_home.php?FVCUSNO=37983&url=CarnegieMellon.htm)

### Instructor(s):

- Irving Oppenheim