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Net Force

Forces add like vectors. Three forces act on the orange disk. Drag the heads of the arrows representing these forces to observe the effect on the net force, which is their sum.

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Science and Technology / Physics / Classical Mechanics / Forces and Dynamics

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Material Type:: Animation
Date Added to MERLOT:: August 5, 2000
Date Modified in MERLOT:: July 25, 2019
Author:: John Brecht, Michigan State University
Submitter:: John Walkup
Primary Audience:: High School, College General Ed
Technical Format:: Website, Java Applet

Mobile Compatibility:: Not specified at this time
Language:: English
Cost Involved:: No
Source Code Available:: No
Accessibility Information Available:: No
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Bernd Schroeder (Faculty)

22 years ago

Nice dynamic applet to demonstrate vector addition. Shows vectors visually and
the components numerically, too. Easy to use.

Technical Remarks:

Runs fine under WIN98 and Explorer

John Walkup (Staff)

22 years ago

This applet would mesh very well with the familar force-table experiment. The
graphics are very good, and it runs well.