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  2. Varignon's theorem (mechanics) - Wikipedia

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    Varignon's theorem is a theorem of French mathematician Pierre Varignon (1654–1722), published in 1687 in his book Projet d'une nouvelle mécanique.The theorem states that the torque of a resultant of two concurrent forces about any point is equal to the algebraic sum of the torques of its components about the same point.

  3. Slope field - Wikipedia

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    the slope field is an array of slope marks in the phase space (in any number of dimensions depending on the number of relevant variables; for example, two in the case of a first-order linear ODE, as seen to the right). Each slope mark is centered at a point (,,, …,) and is parallel to the vector

  4. Free body diagram - Wikipedia

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    A force on an extended rigid body is a sliding vector. non-rigid extended. The point of application of a force becomes crucial and has to be indicated on the diagram. A force on a non-rigid body is a bound vector. Some use the tail of the arrow to indicate the point of application. Others use the tip.

  5. Parallelogram of force - Wikipedia

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    This procedure can be repeated to add F 3 to the resultant F 1 + F 2, and so forth. The parallelogram of forces is a method for solving (or visualizing) the results of applying two forces to an object. When more than two forces are involved, the geometry is no longer a parallelogram, but the same principles apply to a polygon of forces.

  6. Kinematics - Wikipedia

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    If point A has velocity components = (,,) and point B has velocity components = (,,) then the velocity of point A relative to point B is the difference between their components: / = = (,,) Alternatively, this same result could be obtained by computing the time derivative of the relative position vector r B/A .

  7. Vector projection - Wikipedia

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    The vector projection (also known as the vector component or vector resolution) of a vector a on (or onto) a nonzero vector b is the orthogonal projection of a onto a straight line parallel to b. The projection of a onto b is often written as proj b ⁡ a {\displaystyle \operatorname {proj} _{\mathbf {b} }\mathbf {a} } or a ∥ b .

  8. Resultant force - Wikipedia

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    In physics and engineering, a resultant force is the single force and associated torque obtained by combining a system of forces and torques acting on a rigid body via vector addition. The defining feature of a resultant force, or resultant force-torque, is that it has the same effect on the rigid body as the original system of forces. [ 1 ]

  9. Direct multiple shooting method - Wikipedia

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    The method starts by guessing somehow the values of y at all grid points t k with 0 ≤ k ≤ N − 1. Denote these guesses by y k. Let y(t; t k, y k) denote the solution emanating from the kth grid point, that is, the solution of the initial value problem ′ = (, ()), =.