Forces Articles

May 20, 2015

An impact is an impulse (change of momentum) that involves arbitrarily large forces acting very briefly. These result in near-instantaneous…

May 8, 2015

1. Direction of the normal Definition: The normal force that body A exerts on body B is that force of minimum magnitude which suffices to…

May 6, 2015

Notation: On this page, a circumflex signifies an average. 1. Forces as vectors A force is a vector, i.e. has magnitude and direction.…