Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Statics and Dynamics

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ISBN: 9781259638091

Author: Ferdinand P. Beer, E. Russell Johnston Jr., David Mazurek, Phillip J. Cornwell, Brian Self

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

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Chapter 14.1, Problem 14.30P

Show that the relation Σ M A = H ′ ˙ A , where H ′ A is defined by Eq. (1) of Prob. 14.29 and where ΣM_A represents the sum of the moments about A of the external forces acting on the system of particles, is valid if, and only if, one of the following conditions is satisfied: (a) the frame Ax′y′z′ is itself a newtonian frame of reference, (b) A coincides with the mass center G, (c) the acceleration a_A of A relative to Oxyz is directed along the line AG.

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