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Mechanical Analysis

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1. Rotary effect of a force
Net Force
Fk = Uk * R
Kinetic Friction
Torque

2. Equation for momentum
Static Friction
KE = 1/2 mv^2
Potential Energy
p = mv

3. Physical quantity that possesses both magnitude and direction ( force - pressure - torque - weight)
Vector
I = F * t
Forms of mechanical energy
h

4. Coefficient of kinetic friction
Kinetics
k
i = F*t
Uk

5. Static - Kinetic - and Rolling
Uk
Kinetic Friction
The rate of change of motion (or acceleration for a body/object of constant mass) is proportional to - and in the same direction as - the force applied to it
Types of friction

6. The spring constant
T
I = F * t
Uk
k

7. The study of what causes motion (describes the forces that cause motion)
Kinetic Friction
m
Kinetics
Impulse

8. The energy a body possesses due to its movement
Kinetic Energy
Newton (N)
Forms of mechanical energy
Fs = Us * R

9. Static friction
Us
Fs
I = F * t
Linear momentum

10. Symbol for height above ground
P
Inertia
Strain Energy
h

11. SI unit for mechanical energy
i
Net Force
T
Joule (J)

12. Point around which a body's weight is equally balanced - no matter how the body is positioned.
Kinetic Friction
P = F * v
Center of Gravity
Potential Energy

13. Equation for acceleration
Fs
Inertia
Linear momentum
a = F/m

14. Resultant force derived from the composition of two or more forces
P = F * v
Net Force
h
I

15. Force acting perpendicular to two surfaces in contact
Force
Normal reaction force
s
Static Friction

16. Rearrangement of equation for Power
P = F * (s/t)
Mass
i
F=ma

17. Physical quantity that is completely described by its magnitude (mass - volume - length)
a = F/m
PE = mgh
Scalar
Joule (J)

18. Sketch that shows a defined system in isolation with all of the force vectors acting on the system.
I
Fs = Us * R
The rate of change of motion (or acceleration for a body/object of constant mass) is proportional to - and in the same direction as - the force applied to it
Free Body Diagram

19. Equation of impulse
Torque
N*s
k
i = F*t

20. A force acting through the CoG of a body induces translation
Inertia
Types of friction
i
concentric force

21. Equation for Impulse
I = F * t
Kinetic Energy
k
P

22. Potential energy due to an objects form
Strain Energy
if an object is at rest or moving with a constant velocity then the forces on it must be...
a
Uk

23. zero OR balanced
SE = 1/2kx^2
if an object is at rest or moving with a constant velocity then the forces on it must be...
Fs
concentric force

24. The rate of the mechanical work done by a force
Power
F=ma
Vector
Potential Energy

25. SI unit for impulse
N*s
F
Inertia
Static Friction

26. The capacity to do mechanical work
Strain Energy
Mechanical energy
Impulse
Fs = Us * R

27. Equation for Power
F
I = F * t
P = (F*s)/t
Vector

28. Equation for Kinetic Energy
T
KE = 1/2 mv^2
concentric force
SE = 1/2kx^2

29. The energy due to the position that a body occupies relative to the earths surface
I
W = F * s
Potential Energy
Inertia

30. SI unit of Force
symbol for momentum
m
Newton (N)
W

31. Product of force X time over which the force acts
Vector
Impulse
g
I

32. Symbol for acceleration
W = F * s
P = (F*s)/t
Power
a

33. Product of mass and linear velocity
P = F * (s/t)
KE = 1/2 mv^2
Linear momentum
Static Friction

34. Newton's 3rd Law of Motion (law of reaction)
The rate of change of motion (or acceleration for a body/object of constant mass) is proportional to - and in the same direction as - the force applied to it
When two objects are in contact - the force applied by one object is equal and opposite to that which the second object applies on the first
h
KE = 1/2 mv^2

35. An interaction between two objects/bodies that change or tend to change their motion (Vector)
Fs
Force
W = F * s
Net Force

36. Symbol of mass
m
P = F * v
Impulse
k

37. Symbol for gravity
g
Kinetic Friction
Linear momentum
Kinetics

38. Symbol for Watts
m
W
Impulse
N*s

39. Equation for work
Kinetics
Fk
W = F * s
p = mv

40. Tendency of a body to resist a change in its state of motion
N*s
Inertia
Linear momentum
F=ma

41. Symbol of Force
F
Free Body Diagram
PE = mgh
Center of Gravity

42. Kinetic friction
Joule (J)
T
Fs
Fk

43. Equation for static friction
P = F * (s/t)
Torque
Fs = Us * R
W

44. Symbol for displacement
k
Kinetic Friction
s
a = F/m

45. Coefficient of static friction
Us
P = (F*s)/t
Mechanical energy
i

46. Quantity of matter contained in an object
P = F * (s/t)
Inertia
Vector
Mass

47. A force acting away from the CoG of a body induces translation AND rotation
Eccentric Force
Potential Energy
Fk = Uk * R
W = F * s

48. The frictional force between two surfaces when there is no movement between the surfaces
Static Friction
P
P = (F*s)/t
Normal reaction force

49. Symbol of Impulse
Types of friction
Net Force
I
m

50. Symbol for torque
Mechanical energy
Work
T
Fk