Course Websites

TAM 211 - Statics

Last offered Fall 2026

Official Description

[IAI Code: EGR942] Forces, moments, and couples; resultants of force systems; equilibrium analysis and free-body diagrams; analysis of forces acting on members of trusses, frames, etc.; shear-force and bending-moment distributions; Coulomb friction; centroids, center of mass, moment of inertia, polar moment of inertia, and product of inertia; virtual work; hydrostatic pressure; applications of statics in design. Course Information: Credit is not given toward graduation for: Credit is not given for both TAM 211 and TAM 210. Prerequisite: PHYS 211; CS 101, CS 124, or ECE 220; credit or concurrent registration in either MATH 257 or MATH 241. Class Schedule Information: Students must register for one discussion and one lecture section.

Related Faculty

Detailed Course Description

Forces, moments, and couples; resultants of force systems; equilibrium analysis and free-body diagrams; analysis of forces acting on members of trusses, frames, etc.; shear-force and bending-moment distributions; Coulomb friction; centroids, center of mass, moment of inertia, polar moment of inertia, and product of inertia; virtual work; hydrostatic pressure; applications of statics in design. Credit is not given for both TAM 211 and TAM 210. Prerequisite: PHYS 211; credit or concurrent registration in MATH 241. undergraduate 3 hours.

Topics:

Review of vector algebra (2 hr)
Forces, moments, couples (2 hr)
Equilibrium, equipollent systems, resultants, distributed forces (5 hr)
Equilibrium analysis, free-body diagrams, practical examples (6 hr)
Trusses, methods of joint and sections (3 hr)
Multi-force members, shear-force and bending-moment diagrams (4 hr)
Statics and structural design (1 hr)
Coulomb friction, applications (3 hr)
Centroids and center of mass (2 hr)
Method of composite parts (2 hr)
Moments of inertia, polar moment of inertia, radius of gyration, product of inertia, parallel-axis theorem (4 hr)
Virtual work (3 hr)
Hydrostatic pressure, design considerations (3 hr)
Hour exams (3)
TOTAL HOURS: 44

ME: Suitable substitute for TAM 210.

EM: Required.

TitleSectionCRNTypeHoursTimesDaysLocationInstructor
StaticsAD180920DIS00800 - 0850 R  0023 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg 
StaticsAD280922DIS01600 - 1650 F  0023 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg 
StaticsADA33292DIS01000 - 1050 M  0023 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg 
StaticsADB33379DIS01100 - 1150 M  0023 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg 
StaticsADC33519DIS01400 - 1450 M  0023 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg 
StaticsADD34912DIS01500 - 1550 M  0023 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg 
StaticsADE33479DIS01600 - 1650 M  0023 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg 
StaticsADG34948DIS00900 - 0950 T  0023 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg 
StaticsADH34950DIS01000 - 1050 T  0023 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg 
StaticsADI34952DIS01100 - 1150 T  0023 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg 
StaticsADJ34955DIS01200 - 1250 T  0023 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg 
StaticsADK34957DIS00900 - 0950 W  0023 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg 
StaticsADL34960DIS01000 - 1050 W  0023 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg 
StaticsADM34963DIS01400 - 1450 W  0023 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg 
StaticsADN34965DIS01500 - 1550 W  0023 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg 
StaticsADO34967DIS01600 - 1650 W  0023 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg 
StaticsADP64913DIS00900 - 0950 M  0023 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg 
StaticsADQ35258DIS00900 - 0950 R  0023 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg 
StaticsADR35268DIS01000 - 1050 R  0023 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg 
StaticsADS64911DIS01100 - 1150 R  0023 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg 
StaticsADT64912DIS01200 - 1250 R  0023 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg 
StaticsADV64914DIS01000 - 1050 F  0023 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg 
StaticsADW34923DIS01400 - 1450 F  0023 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg 
StaticsADX35249DIS01500 - 1550 F  0023 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg 
StaticsADY80888DIS01200 - 1250 M  0023 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg 
StaticsADZ80889DIS01300 - 1350 M  0023 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg 
StaticsAL135220LEC31200 - 1250 M W F  0027/1025 Campus Instructional Facility Kellie Halloran
StaticsAL235221LEC31300 - 1350 M W F  0027/1025 Campus Instructional Facility Nikhil Chandra Admal
StaticsZJ180628PKG3 -    Kellie Halloran