Showing posts with label Parallelogram of forces. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Parallelogram of forces. Show all posts

Sunday, 22 May 2011

Resultant of two forces acting at an angle (Parallelogram of forces)

Consider two forces acting on an object make a certain angle. The forces and can be represented in magnitude and direction by two adjacent sides of a parallelogram.

 By adding and also and by Head-to-Tail rule, the resultant force is a vector represented by the diagonal from the points of intersection. This is called “Parallelogram of forces”.