Solving Free Body Diagrams (forces, vectors etc...)
By DarthVader
Date: 2022-11-13
Topic: 181 see comments
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Solving a statics problem:
- Draw a diagram of the physical situation, annotating it with any relevant information.
- Make any necessary modelling assumptions.
- Identify all the forces acting and draw a seperate force diagram, stating any known magnitudes of forces.
- Choose directions for i (horizontal) and j (vertical) vectors, and draw them on the force diagram.
- Express the forces in component form, in terms of unknown quantities where necessary.
- Use the equilibrium condition (for a static object, all forces balance and add to zero) and any other appropriate laws to obtain one or more equations.
- Solve the equations.
- State a conclusion.
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