PH212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Contact Force, Mississippi Highway 1, Bowling Ball

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Chapter 4 forces & the laws of motion. A push or pull exerted on some object. Yes; it can either cause the object to start motion, stop motion, or change direction of movement. Newton; definition: amount of force that, when acting on a 1 kg mass, produced an acceleration of 1 m/s2. A measure of the magnitude of the gravitational force acting on an object. What are (and give examples of) contact forces, field forces, and mechanical forces. Field (non-contact) forces: pushing, pulling by physical contact, gravity masses attract, electrical fields opposite charges attract, magnetic fields opposite poles attract. Yes it has both magnitude and direction (and thus, sign) A force diagram which depicts the forces acting on the object of interest (they are drawn as arrows coming out of center of object) An object at rest remains at rest, and an object in motion continues in motion with constant velocity* unless the object experiences a net external force.

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