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Module 2 Forces in action

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Newton's second law   net force = mass x acceleration  
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The newton   Unit of force. 1N is the force that gives a mass of 1kg an acceleration of 1m/s^2  
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Drag   The resistive force that acts on a body when it moves through fluid  
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Weight   The gravitational force acting on an object measured in Newtons  
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Terminal Velocity   The velocity at which an object's drag equals to it's accelerating force. therefore there is no resultant force and zero acceleration  
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Equilibrium   When the net force and net moment on an extended object is zero  
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Centre of gravity   this is the point where the entire weight of an object appears to act  
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Triangle of forces   If three forces acting at a point can be represented by the sides of a triangle, the forces are in equilibrium  
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Couple   This is a pair of forces that tends to produce rotation only. They are two forces that are equal in size but act in opposite directions but not in the same straight line  
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Torque of couple   The turning effect of a couple measured in Nm.  
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Moment of a force   The turning effect due to a single force. Calculated from the force multiplied by the perpendicular distance from a given point.  
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Principle of moments   For a body rotational equilibrium the sum of the clockwise moments equals to the sum of the anticlockwise  
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Density   the mass per unit volume  
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Pressure   Force per unit area  
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Thinking distance   The distance travelled from seeing the need to stop to applying the brakes  
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Braking distance   The distance travelled by a vehicle whilst decelerating to stop  
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Stopping distance   The distance a vehicle travels whilst decelerating to stop. The sum of the thinking distance and braking distance  
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Crumple zone   An area of a vehicle designed to increase the distance over which the vehicle decelerates and so reduce the average force acting  
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