{ "cells": [ { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": { "colab_type": "text", "id": "ZhJwhjmOM8ie", "slideshow": { "slide_type": "slide" } }, "source": [ "# Kinetics: fundamental concepts\n", "\n", "> Marcos Duarte \n", "> [Laboratory of Biomechanics and Motor Control](http://pesquisa.ufabc.edu.br/bmclab) \n", "> Federal University of ABC, Brazil" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "Kinetics is the branch of classical mechanics that is concerned with the relationship between the motion of bodies and its causes, namely forces and torques ([Encyclopædia Britannica Online](https://www.britannica.com/science/kinetics)). \n", "Kinetics, as used in Biomechanics, also includes the study of statics, the study of equilibrium and its relation to forces and torques (one can treat equilibrium as a special case of motion, where the velocity is zero). This is different than the nowadays most common ramification of Mechanics in Statics and Dynamics, and Dynamics in Kinematics and Kinetics ([Introduction to Biomechanics](http://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/demotu/BMC/blob/master/notebooks/Biomechanics.ipynb#On-the-branches-of-Mechanics-and-Biomechanics-I))." ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": { "toc": true }, "source": [ "