 | Charles Herbert Innes - Machine design - 1894 - 216 pages
...STRESSES IN FRAMEWORK STRUCTURES. IF three forces (fig. 1) act at a point O, and are in equilibrium, they can be represented in magnitude and direction by the sides of a triangle be a, taken in order. It is frequently convenient to use the method of areas shown here, the... | |
 | Richard Glazebrook, Sir Richard Tetley Glazebrook - Hydrostatics - 1895 - 682 pages
...result that: If a number of forces impressed on a particle be represented in direction and magnitude by the sides of a closed polygon taken in order, the forces are in equilibrium. This proposition is called the Polygon of forces. A special case of this is the Triangle of forces,... | |
 | Sir Richard Glazebrook - Hydrostatics - 1896 - 204 pages
...result that : If a number of forces impressed on a particle be represented in direction and magnitude by the sides of a closed polygon taken in order, the forces are in equilibrium. This proposition is called the Polygon of forces. A special case of this is the Triangle of forces,... | |
 | Thomas Wallace Wright - Mechanics - 1896 - 418 pages
...cos A/289). Equilibrium (p. 85). (1) Forces acting at a point 0. Graphical condition. The forces may be represented in magnitude and direction by the sides of a closed polygon taken the same way round (p. 88). Analytical condition. The sums of the component forces in any directions... | |
 | Archibald Sharp - Bicycles - 1896 - 580 pages
...would be in equilibrium. Therefore, if a number of forces acting at a point are in equilibrium, they can be represented in magnitude and direction by the sides of a polygon, taken in order round the polygon. Conversely, if a number of forces acting at a point are... | |
 | Archibald Sharp - Bicycles - 1896 - 574 pages
...would be in equilibrium. Therefore, if a number of forces acting at a point are in equilibrium, they can be represented in magnitude and direction by the sides of a polygon, taken in order round the polygon. Conversely, if a number of forces acting at a point 46 Principles... | |
 | Sidney H. Wells - Mechanics - 1898 - 274 pages
...understand and appreciate, and which may be stated as follows : — Polygon of Forces. If « number of forces acting at a point can be represented in...magnitude and direction by the sides of a closed polygon talten the same way round, the forces are in equilibrium ; and conversely, If any number of forces... | |
 | Sidney H. Wells - Mechanics - 1898 - 258 pages
...point, of which the above experiment may be regarded as a verification. Triangle of Forces. If three forces acting at a point can be represented in magnitude and direction by the sides of a triangle taken in order, they are in equilibrium; and conversely, If three forces acting at a point... | |
 | Sir Richard Gregory, Arthur Thomas Simmons - Physics - 1899 - 216 pages
...connected with the masses P and Q. You have therefore proved the triangle of forces, viz.: When three forces acting at a point can be represented in magnitude and direction by the sides of a triangle taken in order, they are in equilibrium. 88. Friction. (a) Fix a small staple, such as is... | |
 | Julius Hortvet - Physics - 1899 - 280 pages
...equilibrium. (2) Show that the following proposition, called the triangle of forces, is true: If three forces acting at a point can be represented in magnitude and direction by the three sides of a triangle taken in order, they will be in equilibrium. » (3) Assume a body of any... | |
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If any number of forces acting at a point can be represented in magnitude and direction by the sides of a POLYGON taken in order, they are in equilibrium. 
