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- Dictionarystat·ics/ˈstadiks/
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- 1. the branch of mechanics concerned with bodies at rest and forces in equilibrium.
- 2. another term for static
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Branch of mechanics concerned with balance of forces in nonmoving systems
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. If is the total of the forces acting on the system, is the mass of the system and is the acceleration of the system, Newton's second law states that (the bold font indicates a ve... Wikipedia