Skill — Represent all the forces acting on an isolated body.
Appears in chapters
02·03
Linked atoms
17 linked atoms.
02 Forces and Newton’s laws
- Problem — From the diagram to the applied force
- From the interaction diagram to the free body diagram
- Worked example — two boxes with a spring and a pulley
- Worked example — two boxes in equilibrium
- Newton’s second law
03 Inclined plane and circular motion
- The bucket of water in the loop-the-loop
- The Atwood machine
- The Atwood pulley: the force on the axle
- The accelerating matchbox
- The skater on the half-pipe
- Problem — Mass on a smooth plane
- Problem — Spring on an inclined plane
- Problem — Motorcyclist leaning into a bend
- Problem — Inclined plane with pulley and hanging mass
- Choice of axes
- Problem — Velocity of a conical pendulum