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... moving with velocity V up an Inclined Plane , making an angle a with the horizon , has a vertical velocity V sin a and a horizontal velocity Vcosa . Or it may be resolved into components in any three rectangular directions , each ...
... moving with velocity V up an Inclined Plane , making an angle a with the horizon , has a vertical velocity V sin a and a horizontal velocity Vcosa . Or it may be resolved into components in any three rectangular directions , each ...
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... moving point is to be found by the following construction : -- From any point O , draw lines OP , OQ , etc. , repre senting in magnitude and direction the velocity of the moving point at every instant . ( Compare § 49. ) The points , P ...
... moving point is to be found by the following construction : -- From any point O , draw lines OP , OQ , etc. , repre senting in magnitude and direction the velocity of the moving point at every instant . ( Compare § 49. ) The points , P ...
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... moving point be subject to an acceleration , constant or not , whose direction is continually perpen- dicular to the direction of motion , the velocity will not be altered- and the only effect of the acceleration will be to make the ...
... moving point be subject to an acceleration , constant or not , whose direction is continually perpen- dicular to the direction of motion , the velocity will not be altered- and the only effect of the acceleration will be to make the ...
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... moving point be uniform , and if its direction revolve uniformly in a plane , the path described is a circle . ( b ) If a point moves in a plane , and its component velocity parallel to each of two rectangular axes is proportional to ...
... moving point be uniform , and if its direction revolve uniformly in a plane , the path described is a circle . ( b ) If a point moves in a plane , and its component velocity parallel to each of two rectangular axes is proportional to ...
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... moving vertically upwards , by simply giving a a negative sign . 44. When there is uniform acceleration in a constant direction , the path described is a parabola , whose axis is parallel to that direction . This is the case of a ...
... moving vertically upwards , by simply giving a a negative sign . 44. When there is uniform acceleration in a constant direction , the path described is a parabola , whose axis is parallel to that direction . This is the case of a ...
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acceleration action amount angular velocity anticlastic attraction axis called centimetre centre of gravity centre of inertia circle circular co-ordinates component configuration consider constant corresponding cosine couple curvature curve cylinder denote density described diagram displacement distance ellipse ellipsoid elongation equal equations equilibrium external point finite fixed point flexure fluid forces acting formulae friction geometrical given force Hence hodograph horizontal inclined infinitely small instant inversely kinetic energy length magnitude mass matter measured moment of inertia momentum moving normal section P₁ parallel parallelogram particle path pendulum perpendicular plane perpendicular portion position pressure principal axes principle produce projection proportional quantity radius radius of gyration reckoned rectangular relative right angles rigid body rotation round shear shell sides simple harmonic motion solid angle space spherical surface spiral square straight line strain stress suppose tangent theorem tion torsion uniform unit vertical vibrations weight whole wire