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Mechanical Engineering: Principles of Mechanics and Applied Forces - Prof. Charles F. Coat, Study notes of Physics

An overview of mechanical efficiency, mechanical advantage, simple machines, rotational and translational equilibrium, fundamental interactions, center of mass and center of gravity, and the concepts of torques, friction, and newton's laws of motion. It includes definitions, formulas, and units.

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%eff = 100% * Work Out / Work In
Mechanical
Efficiency
IMA = Distance In / Distance Out
AMA = Force Out / Force In
Mechanical
Advantage
Machine
Simple
Machines
Angles
Forces
Diagrams: Identify
τ = 0
Rotational Equilibrium
F = 0
Translational equilibrium
Equilibrium
Strong Nuclear
Electro Weak
{ E&M + Weak Nuclear }
Gravity
Three types of
Fundamental
Interactions
Center of Mass
Center of Gravity
Define:
d = Distance to Line of Action
θ = Angle between Force
and Moment Arm
F = Force
r = Moment Arm
τ = ± r F sin(θ) = ± F d
Right Hand Rule
Cross Product
τ = r × F
VECTOR Product of
moment arm and force
Torques
pound = slug ft / s²
dyne = g cm / s²
Newton = kg m / s²
Units
Ff = μ Fn
Coefficient
of Friction
Normal
Force
Kinetic
Static
Friction
Free
Body
Diagram
weight
Force
Mass
Inertia
Define:
Action / Reaction
F = m a
Inertia
Newton's
Laws Of
Motion
Forces
Unit V
PHYS
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%eff = 100% * Work Out / Work In

Mechanical

Efficiency

IMA = Distance In / Distance Out

AMA = Force Out / Force In Mechanical

Advantage

Machine

Simple

Machines

Angles

Forces

Diagrams: Identify

∑ τ = 0 Rotational Equilibrium

Translational equilibrium ∑ F = 0

Equilibrium

Strong Nuclear

Electro Weak

{ E&M + Weak Nuclear }

Gravity

Three types of

Fundamental

Interactions

Center of Mass

Center of Gravity

Define:

d = Distance to Line of Action

θ = Angle between Force

and Moment Arm

F = Force

r = Moment Arm

τ = ± r F sin(θ) = ± F d

Right Hand Rule

Cross Product

τ = r × F

VECTOR Product of

moment arm and force

Torques

pound = slug ft / s²

dyne = g cm / s²

Newton = kg m / s²

Units

F

f

= μ F n

Coefficient

of Friction

Normal

Force

Kinetic

Static

Friction

Free

Body

Diagram

weight

Force

Mass

Inertia

Define:

Action / Reaction

F = m a

Inertia

Newton's

Laws Of

Motion

Forces

Unit V

PHYS