principles of mechanics
1mechanics — /meuh kan iks/, n. 1. (used with a sing. v.) the branch of physics that deals with the action of forces on bodies and with motion, comprised of kinetics, statics, and kinematics. 2. (used with a sing. v.) the theoretical and practical application …
2Mechanics of planar particle motion — Classical mechanics Newton s Second Law History of classical mechanics  …
3Mechanics — Me*chan ics, n. [Cf. F. m[ e]canique.] That science, or branch of applied mathematics, which treats of the action of forces on bodies. [1913 Webster] Note: That part of mechanics which considers the action of forces in producing rest or… …
4Mechanics' Institute, Manchester — Mechanics Institute, Princess Street, Manchester The Mechanics Institute, 103 Princess Street, Manchester is notable as the building in which three significant British institutions were founded: the Trades Unions Congress (TUC), the Co operative… …
5MECHANICS' INSTITUTES — associations of working men which aim at providing a general education for artisans, and particularly instruction in the fundamental principles of their own trades; are managed by committees of their own election, usually have a reading room… …
6solids, mechanics of — ▪ physics Introduction science concerned with the stressing (stress), deformation (deformation and flow), and failure of solid materials and structures. What, then, is a solid? Any material, fluid or solid, can support normal forces.… …
7Computational mechanics — For the scientific journal, see Computational Mechanics. Computational mechanics is the discipline concerned with the use of computational methods to study phenomena governed by the principles of mechanics. Before the emergence of computational… …
8Analytical mechanics — is a term used for a refined, highly mathematical form of classical mechanics, constructed from the eighteenth century onwards as a formulation of the subject as founded by Isaac Newton. Often the term vectorial mechanics is applied to the form… …
9Timeline of classical mechanics — Timeline of classical mechanics:Early history* 260 BC Archimedes mathematically works out the principle of the lever and discovers the principle of buoyancy * 60 AD Hero of Alexandria writes Metrica, Mechanics, and Pneumatics * 1000 1030 Abū… …
10Animal mechanics — Mechanics Me*chan ics, n. [Cf. F. m[ e]canique.] That science, or branch of applied mathematics, which treats of the action of forces on bodies. [1913 Webster] Note: That part of mechanics which considers the action of forces in producing rest or …
