Unit21asystemofforcesissaidtobeinequilibriumwhentheresultantoftheforcesandtheresultantofallthemomentatonepointareequaltozero2iftherearemorethanthreeunknowns,theequationscannotbecompletelysolvedandthesystemwillbestaticallyindeterminateorredundant
3thethereactionmustbecapableofresistinganydisplacementorrotationthatisappliedtothestructure4however,forthepurposeofcalculationitwillbesufficientlyaccuratetoassumethattheloadisactingatthepoint5itcanbeseenthatthequestionofstabilityanddeterminacyofthereactionsmustbeindependentoftheactualloadingthatisappliedtothestructure6当所有力的合力和某一点所有弯矩等于零时,力系处于平衡状态
7如果未知量超过三个就不能完全求解平衡方程系统给静不定8反力必须能够抵抗施加在结构上任何很小的位移和转动9为了计算假设荷载作用在一点是足够精确地10可以看出稳定问题和反力问题的确定必须独立于施加在结构上的实际荷载Unit511formostdesignsituationsthecodewillspecifythemagnitudeoftheloads12designforwindeffectsiscompl