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Do you need some practice with force diagrams for your introductory (or advanced) physics course? Here are three questions (and the last one is awesome) about the motion of a bike as it is pulled ...
Typically, the first task when setting up a mechanics problem is to create a force diagram – a diagram of the magnitude and direction of all forces involved in a system. One challenge in ...
Force diagrams and resultant forces Learn about drawing and interpreting force diagrams. Find out how to calculate resultant forces acting on an object.
The author uses analytical computation with systematic tabulation, and also, as an alternative method, graphical diagrams based on a clever adaptation of the ordinary bending and shearing force ...