Consider a particle moves from one point A to another point A’ due to an external force F as shown in Fig. 9.1
Here,
Vector AA’ = dr = Displacement of particle
Position vector of A is Vector r
Position vector of A’ is Vector r + dr
Then,
Work, du can be given by-
du = F . dr
i.e.,
Magnitude of work is the product of force and displacement.
|F| = F and |dr| = ds
For dot product, it can be written as-
du = F ds cos
where,
= Angle between F and d
It defines the magnitude of work is the product of component of force and displacement. The component of force should be in the direction of displacement.
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- Introduction to statics
- Introduction to vector algebra
- Two dimensional force systems
- Introduction concept of equilibrium of rigid body
- Friction introduction
- Introduction about distributed forces
- Area moments of inertia in rectangular and polar coordinates
- Mass moment of inertia introduction
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