Forces (Mechanical Engineering)

Understanding ________________ is a vital part of successful engineering

• how things work

• the effect of forces on structures and machines

• the importance of time

The study of forces acting on a body is called what?

• Mechanics

• Force

• Inertia

• Momentum

Mechanics is divided into three categories:

• Rigid Bodies

• Fluid

• Deformable bodies

• Displacement of joints

• Muscular extension

What are the two components of rigid bodies?

• Statics

• Dynamics

• Extension

• Form

• Force

What is a body that is acted on by a balanced force system and will remain at rest or in constant motion in a straight line

• fluids

• force

• mechanics

• statics

• dynamics

What is a body that is acted on by an unbalanced force and therefore will accelerate?

• dynamics

• momentum

• force

• statics

• fluid

What are the two components of Deformable bodies?

• extension of materials

• movement of materials

• mechanics of materials

• strength of materials

• flexibility of materials

What are the 3 forces of Mechanics

• Weight

• Gravitational

• Pull/Push

• Electromagnetic

• Nuclear (strong nuclear)

What forms the basis of mechanics?

• Newton's law of gravity

• Newtons law's of motion

• Newton's laws of mechanics

• Newton's laws of force