A free-body diagram is a useful means of describing and analyzing all the forces that act on a body to determine equilibrium according to Newton’s first law or acceleration according to Newton’s secon...A free-body diagram is a useful means of describing and analyzing all the forces that act on a body to determine equilibrium according to Newton’s first law or acceleration according to Newton’s second law. To draw a free-body diagram, draw the object of interest, draw all forces acting on that object, and resolve all force vectors into x- and y-components.
A free-body diagram is a useful means of describing and analyzing all the forces that act on a body to determine equilibrium according to Newton’s first law or acceleration according to Newton’s secon...A free-body diagram is a useful means of describing and analyzing all the forces that act on a body to determine equilibrium according to Newton’s first law or acceleration according to Newton’s second law. To draw a free-body diagram, draw the object of interest, draw all forces acting on that object, and resolve all force vectors into x- and y-components.