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  2. Line of force - Wikipedia

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    Lines of force originated with Michael Faraday, whose theory holds that all of reality is made up of force itself. His theory predicts that electricity, light, and gravity have finite propagation delays. The theories and experimental data of later scientific figures such as Maxwell, Hertz, Einstein, and others are in agreement with the ...

  3. Jerk (physics) - Wikipedia

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    This example neglects the effects of tire sliding, suspension dipping, real deflection of all ideally rigid mechanisms, etc. Another example of significant jerk, analogous to the first example, is the cutting of a rope with a particle on its end. Assume the particle is oscillating in a circular path with non-zero centripetal acceleration.

  4. Line of action - Wikipedia

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    Line of action. The line of action is shown as the vertical dotted line. It extends in both directions relative to the force vector, but is most useful where it defines the moment arm. In physics, the line of action (also called line of application) of a force (F→) is a geometric representation of how the force is applied. It is the straight ...

  5. Vortex - Wikipedia

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    For an example, if a water bucket is rotated or spun constantly, it will rotate around an invisible line called the axis line. The rotation moves around in circles. In this example the rotation of the bucket creates extra force. The reason that the vortices can change shape is the fact that they have open particle paths.

  6. Tensor - Wikipedia

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    A more complex example is the Cauchy stress tensor T, which takes a directional unit vector v as input and maps it to the stress vector T (v), which is the force (per unit area) exerted by material on the negative side of the plane orthogonal to v against the material on the positive side of the plane, thus expressing a relationship between ...

  7. Nonlinear system - Wikipedia

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    Nonlinear dynamics. Game theory. v. t. e. In mathematics and science, a nonlinear system (or a non-linear system) is a system in which the change of the output is not proportional to the change of the input. [1][2] Nonlinear problems are of interest to engineers, biologists, [3][4][5] physicists, [6][7] mathematicians, and many other scientists ...

  8. Line integral - Wikipedia

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    In complex analysis, the line integral is defined in terms of multiplication and addition of complex numbers. Suppose U is an open subset of the complex plane C, f : U → C is a function, and is a curve of finite length, parametrized by γ: [a,b] → L, where γ(t) = x(t) + iy(t). The line integral may be defined by subdividing the interval [a ...

  9. Superposition principle - Wikipedia

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    The superposition principle, [1] also known as superposition property, states that, for all linear systems, the net response caused by two or more stimuli is the sum of the responses that would have been caused by each stimulus individually. So that if input A produces response X, and input B produces response Y, then input (A + B) produces ...