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  2. Tension (physics) - Wikipedia

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    Nine men pull on a rope. The rope in the photo extends into a drawn illustration showing adjacent segments of the rope. One segment is duplicated in a free body diagram showing a pair of action-reaction forces of magnitude T pulling the segment in opposite directions, where T is transmitted axially and is called the tension force.

  3. Force - Wikipedia

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    A force is an influence that can cause an object to change its velocity unless counterbalanced by other forces. The concept of force makes the everyday notion of pushing or pulling mathematically precise. Because the magnitude and direction of a force are both important, force is a vector quantity.

  4. Traction (mechanics) - Wikipedia

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    Traction can also refer to the maximum tractive force between a body and a surface, as limited by available friction; when this is the case, traction is often expressed as the ratio of the maximum tractive force to the normal force and is termed the coefficient of traction (similar to coefficient of friction).

  5. Block and tackle - Wikipedia

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    where is the force applied to the hauling part of the line (the input force), is the weight of the load (the output force), is the ideal mechanical advantage of the system (which is the same as the number of segments of line extending from the moving block), and is the mechanical efficiency of the system (equal to one for an ideal frictionless ...

  6. Bollard pull - Wikipedia

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    Bollard pull is a conventional measure of the pulling (or towing) power of a watercraft.It is defined as the force (usually in tonnes-force or kilonewtons (kN)) exerted by a vessel under full power, on a shore-mounted bollard through a tow-line, commonly measured in a practical test (but sometimes simulated) under test conditions that include calm water, no tide, level trim, and sufficient ...

  7. g-force - Wikipedia

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    This mechanical force provides the 1.0 g upward proper acceleration on the pilot, even though this velocity in the upward direction does not change (this is similar to the situation of a person standing on the ground, where the ground provides this force and this g-force). If the pilot were suddenly to pull back on the stick and make his plane ...

  8. Elon Musk is trying to help Boeing out with its much-delayed ...

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    Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg says Elon Musk is helping speed up the arrival of the Next Air Force One. The planemaker has lost more than $2 billion producing the long-delayed presidential aircraft.

  9. Centrifugal force - Wikipedia

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    Centrifugal force is a fictitious force in Newtonian mechanics ... the passenger experiences an apparent force that seems to be pulling them towards the right. This ...