An elementary treatise on mechanics, embracing the theory of statics and dynamics, and its applications to solids and fluids (1849)
Smith, Augustus William, 1802-1866 · New York, Harper · leaf 149
ane AC be increased till thebody a is just on the pointof sliding down it. The bodya will then be in equilibriumfrom the normal reaction ofthe plane R, the friction jwRacting up the plane, and itsweight W acting verticallydownward. YW Resolving parallel and perpendicular to the plane, we have juR… … 126 STATICS. Let the power P make anangle e with the plane whoseinclination is a, and W theweight of the body. 1°. To determine the great-est value P can have withoutcausing the body to move upthe plane. In this case, thefriction fiR, opposing the motionup the plane, will act down it, and,…
Mechanics, Analytic
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