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Author: Taylor Emma

A senior editor for The Mars that left the company to join the team of SenseCentral as a news editor and content creator. An artist by nature who enjoys video games, guitars, action figures, cooking, painting, drawing and good music.

Mechanics of Machines

D’Alembert’s principle

D’Alembert’s principle, also known as the Lagrange–d’Alembert principle, is a statement of the fundamental classical laws of motion. It is named…

September 30, 2021 · Taylor Emma
Mechanics of Machines

Torque and rotational inertia

Torque We’ve looked at the rotational equivalents of displacement, velocity, and acceleration; now we’ll extend the parallel between…

September 30, 2021 · Taylor Emma
Mechanics of Machines

Dynamics of Machinery

Relation between motion and forces causing is a fascinating subject. This study is a generally referred as dynamic.…

September 30, 2021 · Taylor Emma
Mechanics of Machines

Conditions for Static Equilibrium

We say that a rigid body is in equilibrium when both its linear and angular acceleration are zero relative to…

September 30, 2021 · Taylor Emma
Mechanics of Machines

Drawing Free-Body Diagrams

Free-body diagrams are diagrams used to show the relative magnitude and direction of all forces acting upon an…

September 30, 2021 · Taylor Emma
Mechanics of Machines

Constrained Motion and Constraint Forces

Constrained motion results when an object is forced to move in a restricted way. For example, it may have…

September 30, 2021 · Taylor Emma
Mechanics of Machines

BELT

 The belt or ropes are used to transmit power from one shaft to another shaft by means of…

September 30, 2021 · Taylor Emma
Mechanics of Machines

Clutch

Clutch for a drive shaft: The clutch disc (center) spins with the flywheel (left). To disengage, the lever is pulled (black arrow),…

September 30, 2021 · Taylor Emma