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  2. Mechanical equilibrium - Wikipedia

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    A stationary object (or set of objects) is in "static equilibrium," which is a special case of mechanical equilibrium. A paperweight on a desk is an example of static equilibrium. Other examples include a rock balance sculpture, or a stack of blocks in the game of Jenga , so long as the sculpture or stack of blocks is not in the state of ...

  3. Eötvös experiment - Wikipedia

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    Supposing that the system was constantly at rest – this meaning mechanical equilibrium (i.e. net forces and torques zero) – with the two bodies thus hanging also at rest, but having different centrifugal forces upon them and consequently exerting different torques on the rod through the reactions of the tensions, the rod then would ...

  4. Newton's laws of motion - Wikipedia

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    [23]: 58 When the net force on a body is equal to zero, then by Newton's second law, the body does not accelerate, and it is said to be in mechanical equilibrium. A state of mechanical equilibrium is stable if, when the position of the body is changed slightly, the body remains near that equilibrium. Otherwise, the equilibrium is unstable.

  5. Equilibrant force - Wikipedia

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    Equilibrant force. In mechanics, an equilibrant force is a force which brings a body into mechanical equilibrium. [1] According to Newton's second law, a body has zero acceleration when the vector sum of all the forces acting upon it is zero:

  6. List of mathematical topics in classical mechanics - Wikipedia

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    Newton's laws of motion; Inertia,; Kinematics, rigid body; Momentum, kinetic energy; Parallelogram of force; Circular motion. Rotational speed; Angular speed; Angular ...

  7. Lami's theorem - Wikipedia

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    In physics, Lami's theorem is an equation relating the magnitudes of three coplanar, concurrent and non-collinear vectors, which keeps an object in static equilibrium, with the angles directly opposite to the corresponding vectors.

  8. Cremona diagram - Wikipedia

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    This is the sum of all the force vectors and is equal to zero as there is mechanical equilibrium. Since the equilibrium holds for the external forces on the entire truss construction, it also holds for the internal forces acting on each joint. For a joint to be at rest the sum of the forces on a joint must also be equal to zero.

  9. Moment (physics) - Wikipedia

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    Mechanical equilibrium, applies when an object is balanced so that the sum of the clockwise moments about a pivot is equal to the sum of the anticlockwise moments about the same pivot; Moment of inertia (=), analogous to mass in discussions of rotational motion. It is a measure of an object's resistance to changes in its rotation rate