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  2. Use of force continuum - Wikipedia

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    A use of force continuum is a standard that provides law enforcement officers and civilians with guidelines as to how much force may be used against a resisting subject in a given situation. In some ways, it is similar to the U.S. military 's escalation of force (EOF). The purpose of these models is to clarify, both for law enforcement officers ...

  3. Use of force - Wikipedia

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    The use of force, in the context of law enforcement, may be defined as, "the amount of effort required by police to compel compliance by an unwilling subject." [1] Use of force doctrines can be employed by law enforcement officers and military personnel, who are on guard duty. The aim of such doctrines is to balance the needs of security with ...

  4. Continuum mechanics - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Continuum mechanics is a branch of mechanics that deals with the deformation of and transmission of forces through materials modeled as a continuous medium (also called a continuum) rather than as discrete particles. The French mathematician Augustin-Louis Cauchy was the first to formulate such models in the 19th century.

  5. Knudsen number - Wikipedia

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    Airflow around an aircraft such as an airliner has a low Knudsen number, making it firmly in the realm of continuum mechanics. Using the Knudsen number an adjustment for Stokes' law can be used in the Cunningham correction factor, this is a drag force correction due to slip in small particles (i.e. d p < 5 μm). The flow of water through a ...

  6. von Mises yield criterion - Wikipedia

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    t. e. In continuum mechanics, the maximum distortion energy criterion (also von Mises yield criterion[1]) states that yielding of a ductile material begins when the second invariant of deviatoric stress reaches a critical value. [2] It is a part of plasticity theory that mostly applies to ductile materials, such as some metals.

  7. Force concentration - Wikipedia

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    If force A has say 2 units and force B has 3 units, then the advantage force B has is 3²−2² or 5. If force A still has 2 units and force B has 4 units then the advantage force B has is 4²−2² or 12. If force A still has 2 units and force B has 5 units then the advantage force B has is 5²−2² or 21.

  8. Use of force in international law - Wikipedia

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    The use of force by states is controlled by both customary international law and by treaty law. [1] The UN Charter reads in article 2(4): . All members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the purposes of the United Nations.

  9. Force continuum - Wikipedia

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