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What does the $F$ in Newton's second law equation mean?
This is a super simple question: does $F$ represent the net force exerted on an object or the force it exerts on another object as a result of momentum? Say a ball is rolling. In this specific ...
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What are internal and external forces?
what is internal and external force? How do I decide what forces are internal and external?
in work-energy theorem and conservation of mechanical energy, do we consider internal, external, or both ...
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Why isn't work a state function?
I've heard the example, that work is path dependent. But whether I climb a mountain directly or in serpentines, in the end it's the same amount of work, with the one difference that it takes me longer ...
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In physics, what is the difference between a fact and a definition?
For example, I came across this statement:
"It is a fact that the components of force are derivatives of potential energy, but it is not a definition."
What does this statement mean?
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Definition of generalized force in Lagrangian formalism
In some texts (e.g. Taylor's Classical Mechanics), the generalized force is defined to be (I'll simplify to one particle in one dimension for ease of notation): $Q \equiv \frac{\partial{L}}{\partial{q}...
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What exactly is force - apart from "the ability to do work"? [duplicate]
Does force - any kind - have an identity of its own apart from the set of effects it brings about? Or is it just "that which" ... "causes"; does this and that, makes certain ...
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What is difference between normal force and reaction force? [duplicate]
according to my book the perpendicular component of reaction force is called normal force when there is contact between two bodies. I can not understand that how for example when we jump we pushes the ...
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What is normal force and when it acts?
what are contact forces and according to: https://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/newtlaws/Lesson-2/Types-of-Forces
it says there are 6 types of contact forces. I am having doubt with applied force and ...
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Conditions for a force to be conservative - Does the second condition imply the first? [duplicate]
John Taylor's Classical Mechanics says this...
I was wondering if the second condition already implies the first? I mean, are there situations where the first condition is violated even though the ...
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Difference between moment and couple
What is the exact difference between a moment and a couple? In some YouTube channels and books, they say the moment of a force produces a translational as well as rotational motion whereas the concept ...
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What is equilibrium position in a pendulum? Will there be only one equilibrium position in the motion of a pendulum?
Equilibrium position of a pendulum is defined as the position where no external force acts on the body and if no force is applied, it remains at rest. In the image, isn't gravity acting everywhere, ...
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Relation between Force and Potential in a relativistic context
In a relativistic context we define the four-force as, $$\frac{\mbox{d}}{\mbox{d}s}p=F$$ In the particle frame the four-force must have the form $$F=\left(0,\ \mathbf{f}\right)$$ As it must be ...
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Definition of stress (Mechanical Properties of Solids)
See, it's a simple question.What exactly is stress? Is it the restoring force applied by the body in reaction to deformation force or is it the deformation force itself? I had this doubt because in ...
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Are the definitions of force and acceleration circular? [duplicate]
Force is defined by acceleration , and acceleration requires the determination of" inertial frames".
But an inertial frames also requires the knowledge of forces which requires measuring ...
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What is actually the clear, precise and world-wide accepted definition of TENSION FORCE?
This is a long post, but only because I have explained the scenario very very clearly,90 percent of this post is explaining you a simple situation,my doubt is only 5-6 lines at the very end of this ...
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