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The second Newton law states that the time derivative of the momentum of a body is equal to the force acting on it. The law is not complete as long as the forces are not known. In this chapter we shall study the most important forces, with the exception of gravity, which is the object of next chapter. We shall study the elastic force, the contact forces and the intermolecular force, the friction and the viscous drag. We shall study the mechanical oscillation phenomena, free, damped and forced, and the resonance phenomenon. We shall discuss th energy diagrams in one dimension in general and for several forces in particular.
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Bettini, A. (2016). The Forces. In: A Course in Classical Physics 1—Mechanics. Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29257-1_3
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