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This text is meant to accompany class discussions. It is not everything there is to know about the forces. It is meant as a prep for class. More detailed notes and examples are given in the class notes, presentations, and demonstrations (click here.)
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| Objectives |
Student will be able to:
- Define “body”
- Identify what forces are acting on a body
- Define the following forces using a description and formulas
- Weight
- Normal force
- Frictional force
- Kinetic Friction
- Static Friction
- Tension
- Net Force
- Identify when the forces above are acting on a body AND describe their direction of influence
- Draw a free body diagram (“fbd”) using the skills and definitions above.
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| Class notes: Identifying the forces we will address, the directions they point and the formulas. |
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| Class notes: Creating free body diagrams, summing up the force equations from the diagrams. Some example problems. |
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