Linear Kinetics

Newton’s Three Laws of motion: You may recall the concept of force was defined as a push or pull that tends to move a body and was quantified as the product of a bodies mass and its acceleration (i.e., Force = m x a). The force equation indicates a relationship exists between kinetics (e.g., force) and kinematics (e.g., acceleration). The relationships were summarized into three simple laws of motion first described by Isaac Newton in the 1600’s.   Please click here to view a summary of these laws. 

Newton's Laws of Motion (power point file)

Newton's Laws of Motion (pdf file, no animation)

Newton's Laws handout (pdf file)