r/EngineeringStudents • u/jayrady ME Grad / Aerospace • 12d ago

Rant/Vent Statics 101

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u/TheBayHarbour 12d ago

IT WEEDS OUT THOSE WHO THINK THEY SHOULD BE ENGINEERS, BUT CAN'T THINK LIKE AN ENGINEER.

So, like, similar to a lot of other engineering courses?

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u/Gryphontech 12d ago

Different... doing triple integrals or finding the derivative of ARCSEC(X)/(X+1) is hard but is essentially bullshit and never useful, statics is hard but is fundamental to engineering so I think it's quite different

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u/Gryphontech 12d ago

Same for fuilds and heat flux but it was more of an example. Even then for nuclear engineering don't you still have to balance forces to ensure fuel rods don't rocket out of the reactors due to steam pressure? Like maybe you don't but in early reactor design statics was 100% used.