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<blockquote data-quote="Jason Lavoie" data-source="post: 34421" data-attributes="member: 159"><p>Re: Statics - You need to take this class</p><p></p><p>of all the courses I took in university, Statics is probably the one I use (or refer to) most often.. and it's funny because most people have no idea what "statics" would be as a course.. usually I tell them it's physics (but really that was a course crammed full of electron theory and boring, less useful stuff)</p><p></p><p>Statics study will give you good tools for visualizing a structure, or anything as simple as a lever or simple mechanical problem and being able to deduce what is important, what is not, which part will break first, etc.</p><p>and we're not talking about all math here.. simple things like being able to tell which parts of a scaffold or structure are in tension and which are in compression.. (ie: which things need to be lashed together to keep them from coming apart, and which need to be physically strong enough to support that compression) this is why not every member in a bridge is the same thickness, and why some are cables and some are steel beams..</p><p></p><p>in terms of a stage, this helps to know 'if I push here (wind load), what does this structure have in place to handle that load'</p><p></p><p>and I agree with the OP. many universities will let you 'audit' a course, where you won't get credit but you can go and visit, and I think even do the exams.. if you have the time this would be cheaper than some audio industry courses, and probably just as useful..</p><p>I didn't do so well in calculus but I aced statics. anyone could jump in and learn. especially when you have practical examples in your head to relate to..</p><p></p><p>Jason</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jason Lavoie, post: 34421, member: 159"] Re: Statics - You need to take this class of all the courses I took in university, Statics is probably the one I use (or refer to) most often.. and it's funny because most people have no idea what "statics" would be as a course.. usually I tell them it's physics (but really that was a course crammed full of electron theory and boring, less useful stuff) Statics study will give you good tools for visualizing a structure, or anything as simple as a lever or simple mechanical problem and being able to deduce what is important, what is not, which part will break first, etc. and we're not talking about all math here.. simple things like being able to tell which parts of a scaffold or structure are in tension and which are in compression.. (ie: which things need to be lashed together to keep them from coming apart, and which need to be physically strong enough to support that compression) this is why not every member in a bridge is the same thickness, and why some are cables and some are steel beams.. in terms of a stage, this helps to know 'if I push here (wind load), what does this structure have in place to handle that load' and I agree with the OP. many universities will let you 'audit' a course, where you won't get credit but you can go and visit, and I think even do the exams.. if you have the time this would be cheaper than some audio industry courses, and probably just as useful.. I didn't do so well in calculus but I aced statics. anyone could jump in and learn. especially when you have practical examples in your head to relate to.. Jason [/QUOTE]
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