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  2. Kinematics - Wikipedia

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    The term kinematic is the English version of A.M. Ampère's cinématique, [9] which he constructed from the Greek κίνημα kinema ("movement, motion"), itself derived from κινεῖν kinein ("to move"). [10] [11] Kinematic and cinématique are related to the French word cinéma, but neither are directly derived from it.

  3. Branches of physics - Wikipedia

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    There are many branches of classical mechanics, such as: statics, dynamics, kinematics, continuum mechanics (which includes fluid mechanics), statistical mechanics, etc. Mechanics: A branch of physics in which we study the object and properties of an object in form of a motion under the action of the force.

  4. Outline of physics - Wikipedia

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    Continuum mechanics – the branch of mechanics that deals with the analysis of the kinematics and the mechanical behavior of materials modeled as a continuous mass rather than as discrete particles. Dynamics – the study of the causes of motion and changes in motion; Fluid mechanics – the study of fluids and the forces on them.

  5. Fundamentals of Physics - Wikipedia

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    The current version is a revised version of the original 1960 textbook Physics for Students of Science and Engineering by Halliday and Resnick, which was published in two parts (Part I containing Chapters 1-25 and covering mechanics and thermodynamics; Part II containing Chapters 26-48 and covering electromagnetism, optics, and introducing ...

  6. Equations of motion - Wikipedia

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    There are two main descriptions of motion: dynamics and kinematics.Dynamics is general, since the momenta, forces and energy of the particles are taken into account. In this instance, sometimes the term dynamics refers to the differential equations that the system satisfies (e.g., Newton's second law or Euler–Lagrange equations), and sometimes to the solutions to those equations.

  7. Rigid body dynamics - Wikipedia

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    In the physical science of dynamics, rigid-body dynamics studies the movement of systems of interconnected bodies under the action of external forces.The assumption that the bodies are rigid (i.e. they do not deform under the action of applied forces) simplifies analysis, by reducing the parameters that describe the configuration of the system to the translation and rotation of reference ...

  8. Kinetics (physics) - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] [3] Since the mid-20th century, the term "dynamics" (or "analytical dynamics") has largely superseded "kinetics" in physics textbooks, [4] though the term is still used in engineering. In plasma physics , kinetics refers to the study of continua in velocity space.

  9. Projectile motion - Wikipedia

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    Solving (1) is an elementary differential equation, thus the steps leading to a unique solution for v x and, subsequently, x will not be enumerated. Given the initial conditions v x = v x 0 {\displaystyle v_{x}=v_{x0}} (where v x0 is understood to be the x component of the initial velocity) and x = 0 {\displaystyle x=0} for t = 0 {\displaystyle ...