Force:

Force is an action of one body on another body. In Dynamics a force is defined as an action which tends to cause acceleration of a body. Force is a vector quantity.

AnExample:

Effectofactiondependson:
1) magnitude 2) the angle 3) the location of point of application

EffectsofForce:
Action of force on a body has two effects: 1) External, like reactive forces in response to applied forces. 2) Internal, internal forces and deformations distributed throughout the material.

ForceClassifications:

1) Contact Force: force produced by direct physical contact. 2) Body Force: force generated by virtue of the position of the body with in force field, like gravitational, electric or magnetic force, example: weight of a body. 1) Concentrated Force: 2) Distributed Force: example, weight

PrincipleofTransmissibility:

ConcurrentForces:
Two or more forces are said to be concurrent at a point if their lines of action intersect at that point.

RectangularComponents:

F = Fx = Fy = F

Fx + Fy

Fxi
F
y

j

Fx = F cos
y

= F s in

Example:

F1x = 600 cos 35 = 491N F1 y = 600 sin 35 = 344 N

Moment:
In addition to the tendency to move a body in the direction of its application, a force can also tend to rotate a body about an axis. The axis may be any line which neither intersects nor is parallel to the line of action of the force. This rotational tendency is known as the moment M of the force. Moment is also referred to as torque.

MomentaboutaPoint:
The magnitude of the moment or tendency of the force to rotate the body about the axis O-O perpendicular to the plane of the body is proportional both to the magnitude of the force and to the moment arm d, which is the perpendicular distance from the axis to the line of action of the force. Therefore, magnitude of the moment is defined as, M = Fd

TheCrossProduct:
The moment M of a force F about a point A may be represented as cross product: M=rxF Where r is a position vector which runs from the moment reference point A to any point on the line of action of F. Magnitude is given by, M = Fr sin

RightHandRuleforSenseofMoment:

VarignonsTheorem:
It states that the moment of a force about any point is equal to the sum of the moments of the components of the force about the same point.

Couple:
The moment produced by two equal, opposite, and non collinear forces is called a couple.