Mechanical Engineering

First we will examine the importance of the collision time in affecting the amount of…

In a collision, an object experiences a force for a given amount of time that results in its massundergoing a change in…

From the definition of momentum, it becomes obvious that an object has a large momentum…

Momentum is a vector quantity. As discussed in an earlier unit, a vector quantity is a quantity that…

Momentum                                                                 The sports announcer says, "Going into the all-star break, the Chicago White Sox have themomentum." The headlines…

Double Trouble in 2 Dimensions In the Newton's laws unit, the topic of two-body problems was introduced.…

When all the forces that act upon an object are balanced, then the object is…

The task of determining the amount of influence of a single vector in a given…

Earlier we studied, the method of resolving a vector into its components was thoroughly discussed. During…

Addition of Forces We studied the use of Newton's second law and free-body diagrams to…