Elements of mechanics: for the use of colleges, academies, and high schools (1859)
Peck, William G. (William Guy), 1820-1892 · New York, A. S. Barnes & Burr · leaf 35
n the direction of three axes.31. To find expressions for the components of a force inthe directions of three rectangu-lar axes. Let OB represent theforce, and OX, OY, and OZ,three rectangular axes drawnthrough its point of application, 0. Construct a parallelopipedonon OB as a diagonal,… … Fie. 11. COMPOSITION AND RESOLUTION OF FORCES. 33 ~]¥, respectively; these will be perpendicular to the axes, andwith them, and the force R,will form three right-angledtriangles. Denote the anglebetween R and the axis of Xby a, that between R and theaxis of I^by fi, and that betweenR and the axis…
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