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  2. Structural dynamics - Wikipedia

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    Structural analysis is mainly concerned with finding out the behavior of a physical structure when subjected to force. This action can be in the form of load due to the weight of things such as people, furniture, wind, snow, etc. or some other kind of excitation such as an earthquake, shaking of the ground due to a blast nearby, etc.

  3. Force - Wikipedia

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    The kilogram-force leads to an alternate, but rarely used unit of mass: the metric slug (sometimes mug or hyl) is that mass that accelerates at 1 m·s −2 when subjected to a force of 1 kgf. The kilogram-force is not a part of the modern SI system, and is generally deprecated, sometimes used for expressing aircraft weight, jet thrust, bicycle ...

  4. Glossary of physics - Wikipedia

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    The apparent outward force that draws a rotating body away from the centre of rotation. It is caused by the inertia of the body as the body's path is continually redirected. centripetal force A force which keeps a body moving with a uniform speed along a circular path and is directed along the radius towards the centre. cGh physics

  5. Deformation (engineering) - Wikipedia

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    Consider a bar of original cross sectional area A 0 being subjected to equal and opposite forces F pulling at the ends so the bar is under tension. The material is experiencing a stress defined to be the ratio of the force to the cross sectional area of the bar, as well as an axial elongation:

  6. Body force - Wikipedia

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    A body force is simply a type of force, and so it has the same dimensions as force, [M][L][T] −2. However, it is often convenient to talk about a body force in terms of either the force per unit volume or the force per unit mass. If the force per unit volume is of interest, it is referred to as the force density throughout the system.

  7. Force-feeding - Wikipedia

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    Force-feeding is the practice of feeding a human or animal against their will. The term gavage ( UK : / ˈ ɡ æ v ɑː ʒ , ɡ æ ˈ v ɑː ʒ / , [ 2 ] [ 3 ] US : / ɡ ə ˈ v ɑː ʒ / , [ 3 ] [ 4 ] French: [ɡavaʒ] ⓘ ) refers to supplying a substance by means of a small plastic feeding tube passed through the nose ( nasogastric ) or ...

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  9. Stress (mechanics) - Wikipedia

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    An object being pushed together, such as a crumpled sponge, is subject to compressive stress and may undergo shortening. [1] [2] The greater the force and the smaller the cross-sectional area of the body on which it acts, the greater the stress. Stress has dimension of force per area, with SI units of newtons per square meter (N/m 2) or pascal ...