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Mechanical Analysis

Subject : engineering
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1. The force that arises whenever one body moves - or tends to move across the surface of (always opposes the motion or impending motion)






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






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






4. Product of mass and linear velocity






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






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






7. Equation of Power equals Strength times Speed






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






9. Symbol of Impulse






10. SI unit for mechanical energy






11. Symbol for torque






12. Symbol of Force






13. SI unit for impulse






14. A force acting through the CoG of a body induces translation






15. P






16. Equation for Strain enegy






17. Equation for Potential Energy






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






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






20. Equation for static friction






21. Static friction






22. 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






23. Equation of impulse






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






25. Equation for momentum






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






27. Symbol of mass






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






29. Symbol for gravity






30. Coefficient of kinetic friction






31. Equation for Impulse






32. Equation for acceleration






33. Kinetic friction






34. Static - Kinetic - and Rolling






35. Symbol of inertia






36. Equation for work






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






38. Equation for Power






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






40. Symbol for height above ground






41. Symbol for acceleration






42. Newton's 2nd Law of Motion (law of acceleration)






43. Force acting perpendicular to two surfaces in contact






44. Newton's 1st Law of motion (law of inertia)






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






46. Symbol for Watts






47. SI unit of Force






48. The capacity to do mechanical work






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






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