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    Calculating force to accelerate object

    mechanics help, finding force Hi, I am struggling on this problem- I have attached it as a jpg as this makes it most clear. Problem is essentially you have a table that rises and lowers itself using an actuator. I need to calculate the force needed at the initial conditions as...
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    Calculating the push force on a vehicle

    Hi, I am trying to work out what force you would need to push a four wheel vehicle of mass 200kg from rest to a top speed of 2m/s (acceleration 1m/s2) and the force needed to maintain that top speed . I am not sure how to go about this, do i just consider rolling resistance and take that as...