Jean le Rond d’Alembert D’Alembert’s principle This principle, is alternative form of Newton’s second law of motion, stated by the 18th-century French polymath Jean le Rond d’Alembert. In effect, the principle reduces a problem in dynamics to a problem in statics. The Newton's second law states that the force F acting on a body is equal to the product of the mass m and acceleration a of the body, or F = ma The above equation will be re write in D’Alembert’s form is F - ma = 0 In other words, the body is in equilibrium under the action of the real force ' F' and the fictitious force ( - ma) . The fictitious force is also called an ' inertial force' and a reversed effective force. Acceleration of a Body in Curvilinear Motion Components of total acceleration in normal and tangential directions (t - n axis) The tangential acceleration , tangent to trajec
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