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Mechanical Analysis

Subject : engineering
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1. Newton's 1st Law of motion (law of inertia)






2. Mechanical work is equal to the product of magnitude of the force is applied to an object and the displacement undergone by the object in the direction that the force is being applied






3. Physical quantity that possesses both magnitude and direction ( force - pressure - torque - weight)






4. Static - Kinetic - and Rolling






5. The rate of the mechanical work done by a force






6. Force acting perpendicular to two surfaces in contact






7. Product of force X time over which the force acts






8. Symbol for power - measured in Watts (W)






9. The energy due to the position that a body occupies relative to the earths surface






10. Equation for work






11. Kinetic energy (KE) and Potential Energy (PE)






12. Physical quantity that is completely described by its magnitude (mass - volume - length)






13. Symbol for acceleration






14. The frictional force between two surfaces when there is no movement between the surfaces






15. Equation for Impulse






16. Equation for Power






17. The study of what causes motion (describes the forces that cause motion)






18. Tendency of a body to resist a change in its state of motion






19. Symbol of inertia






20. Newton's 3rd Law of Motion (law of reaction)






21. The frictional force between two surfaces when there is movement between the surfaces






22. SI unit for impulse






23. Symbol of mass






24. Point around which a body's weight is equally balanced - no matter how the body is positioned.






25. Sketch that shows a defined system in isolation with all of the force vectors acting on the system.






26. Equation for Potential Energy






27. Coefficient of kinetic friction






28. Symbol for torque






29. Equation for Strain enegy






30. Symbol for gravity






31. Equation for Kinetic Energy






32. Potential energy due to an objects form






33. SI unit of Force






34. Equation for momentum






35. P






36. zero OR balanced






37. A force acting away from the CoG of a body induces translation AND rotation






38. The study of HOW things move (describes the appearance of movement position - velocity - and acceleration)






39. SI unit for mechanical energy






40. Symbol of Force






41. The capacity to do mechanical work






42. Coefficient of static friction






43. Quantity of matter contained in an object






44. The spring constant






45. Equation for static friction






46. Product of mass and linear velocity






47. Resultant force derived from the composition of two or more forces






48. Rearrangement of equation for Power






49. Kinetic friction






50. Symbol for displacement