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An introductory overview of Statics[1] at Wikipedia.

Useful prior knowledge:

• algebra http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Algebra_One
• trignometry http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Algebra/Trigonometry
• vector analysis http://www.math.hmc.edu/calculus/tutorials/vectoranalysis/

Possibly useful online texts:

• The beginnings of a free statics textbook at Wikibooks.[2]

Possibly useful online course materials:

• http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Architecture/4-440Basic-Structural-TheorySpring2003/CourseHome/index.htm

Lessons available or in work:

• Lesson:In Statics the Sum of the Forces is Equal to Zero
• Lesson:Always Draw a Freebody Diagram