 | A. D. Johnson, Keith Sherwin - 1996 - 392 pages
...called the newton, appropriately, and given the symbol N, where N = kg m/s2 The formal definition of the newton is the force required to accelerate a mass of 1 kg at a constant acceleration of 1 m/s2 in the direction of the force. Pressure, or stress, is defined... | |
 | J. S. Morrison, J. F. Coates, N. B. Rankov - 2000 - 356 pages
...of a cross-section of a beam perpendicular to the plane of bending. newton: the SI unit of force. It is the force required to accelerate a mass of 1 kg by 1 m/sec2. oakum: strands made from old rope and used for caulking. oar-loop: the loop of rope or leather... | |
 | John C. Morrison, Irvin P. Pollack - 2003 - 552 pages
...THEIR EQUIVALENT SCIENTIFIC NOTATION From Newton's law, force = (mass X acceleration). By definition, a newton is the force required to accelerate a mass of 1 kg at a rate of one m/sec each second (1 m/sec2). At Earth's surface, the acceleration due to gravity... | |
 | Colin Pinnock, Robert Jones, Simon Maguire, Julian M. Barker, Simon Mills - 2004 - 278 pages
...activity per second. The joule is the energy expended in moving a resistive force of 1 N over 1 m. One newton is the force required to accelerate a mass of 1 kg at 1 m/s2. One coulomb is the charge that passes a point in an electrical circuit if 1 A flows for... | |
 | Colin Pinnock, Robert Jones - 2004 - 276 pages
...activity per second. The joule is 3 the energy expended in moving a resistive force of 1 N over 1 m. One newton is the force required to accelerate a mass of 1 kg at 1 m/s2. One coulomb is the charge that passes a point in an electrical circuit if 1 A flows for... | |
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Table 2.1, 1 newton is the force required to accelerate a mass of 1 kg by 1 metre/s2. 