The Static Fundamentals Kit offers students a comprehensive, hands-on learning experience in the study of static forces, moments, and beams. Designed for use with the included storable work panel, this versatile kit allows students to build and explore a wide range of experiments, covering the core principles of static engineering systems. Through practical application, students develop a deep understanding of fundamental engineering concepts.

A full 10-hour workbook is available to download. The workbook provides step-by-step guidance and exercises, helping students strengthen both their theoretical knowledge and practical skills.

The storable work panel and all components are supplied in an industry standard storage tray, ensuring easy organisation, quick setup, and secure storage. The work panel allows for easy setup and quick adjustments, enabling seamless transitions between different experiments and configurations. This hands-on approach enhances student engagement, encourages problem solving, and helps students apply engineering principles in a controlled learning environment. Ideal for engineering students, the Static Fundamentals Kit delivers a structured yet flexible approach to mastering static systems, ensuring that students gain both the knowledge and the confidence to tackle real world engineering challenges.

Learning objectives:

• Forces (mass, force, weight, combining, parallelogram, triangle and polygon)
• Centre of gravity
• Units of weight and mass
• Free body diagrams
• Force vectors
• Coplanar forces
• Bow’s notation
• Principles of moments and moment of forces
• Distinguishing between moments and torque
• Equilibrium of forces
• Levers and the term mechanical advantage
• Simply supported beams
• Concentrated and uniform distributed loads
• Different types of pinned supports