What are trusses?

This engineering statics tutorial goes over what trusses are, and some important considerations and simplifications used in statics courses. If you found this video helpful, please consider supporting my work on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Engineer4Free Looking for more statics tutorials? Check out all of the videos that I made: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOAuB8dR35od-BJkNaUWbT8naOb0Y_gC6 Website: https://www.engineer4free.com/statics Looking for practice problems with solutions? I also created a whole set of fully solved statics problems with step-by-step hand calculations: https://www.engineer4free.com/statics-solved-problems Looking for software? I highly recommend checking out SkyCiv. They make a full suite of online structural analysis software and tools that are useful for both students and professionals, including calculators for beams, trusses, frames, moment of inertia and more. It’s great for checking your work: https://bit.ly/skyciv-e4f Lastly, don’t forget to subscribe on YouTube and join the Engineer4Free mail list: Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFS_EnwXR7m_c1IyePCPhYA?sub_confirmation=1 Mail List: https://www.engineer4free.com/newsletter Thanks for watching, I hope it helps!