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ENGR 2301 ch01
ENGR 2301 ch01
ENGR 2301 ch01
CHAPTER
STATICS
Ferdinand P. Beer
E. Russell Johnston, Jr.
David F. Mazurek
Introduction
Lecture Notes:
John Chen
California Polytechnic State University
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1 N 1 kg 1 2
as basic units, may be defined
s
arbitrarily. The fourth unit, referred
U.S. Customary Units:
to as a derived unit, must have a
The basic units are length, time, and
definition compatible with Newtons
force which are arbitrarily defined as the
2nd Law,
foot (ft), second (s), and pound (lb).
F ma
Mass is the derived unit,
F
m
a
1lb
1slug
1ft s
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