PEDS206 Lecture : Jan 13 - mechanics, forces, vectors and FBD.docx

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Physical Education and Sport
• Course: PEDS206
• Professor: Pierre Baudin

Document Summary

Jan 13 mechanics, forces, vectors, and fbds. Mechanics: the study of the effects of forces acting on objects. Mechanics look like rigid-body mechanics, deformable- body mechanics, fluid mechanics, relativistic mechanics, and quantum mechanics. Mechanics can be broken down into statics and dynamics y statics: the study of systems that are in a state of constant velocity (motionless v = ?) y dynamics: the study of systems that are accelerating. Dynamics can be broken down into kinematics and kinetics y kinematics: the description of motion including geometry, time and space factors y kinetics: the study of forces causing the changes of motion of systems. System y a system is a defined body or group of bodies or objects whose motion is to be examined. Force y a push or pull which tends to cause a change in a body s state of motion.