Physics A-Level
Resultant force and free-body diagrams
What Resultant force and free-body diagrams means in Physics A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Resultant force and free-body diagrams
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The force in the equation is the resultant of all forces acting on the object, not a single applied force, and a free-body diagram is drawn and forces resolved before calculating it.
Topics that use Resultant force and free-body diagrams
- Dynamics (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Drag
- Drag in gases
- Free fall with drag
- Friction
- homogeneity
- Isolating objects
- newton
- SI units and the newton
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