TEHNIČKI ENGLESKI JEZIK 1

Homework 8
STUDENT:

Translate the following sentences:

1. Mechanics is the area of physics concerned with the motions of physical objects. Forces applied to objects result in
displacements, or changes of an object's position relative to its environment. The central concepts in classical
mechanics are force, mass, and motion.
2. Dynamics is a branch of physical science and subdivision of mechanics that is concerned with the motion of material
objects in relation to the physical factors that affect them: force, mass, momentum, energy. Dynamics can be
subdivided into kinematics, which describes motion, without regard to its causes, in terms of position, velocity, and
acceleration; and kinetics, which is concerned with the effect of forces and torques on the motion of bodies having
mass.
3. Equilibrium, in physics is the condition of a system when neither its state of motion nor its internal energy state
tends to change with time. A simple mechanical body is said to be in equilibrium if it experiences neither linear
acceleration nor angular acceleration; unless it is disturbed by an outside force, it will continue in that condition
indefinitely. For a single particle, equilibrium arises if the vector sum of all forces acting upon the particle is zero. A
rigid body (by definition distinguished from a particle in having the property of extension) is considered to be in
equilibrium if, in addition to the states listed for the particle above, the vector sum of all torques acting on the body
equals zero so that its state of rotational motion remains constant.

Answer the following questions IN YOUR OWN WORDS:

1. What is the study of statics?

2. What is a body in mechanics?