Subject:Dynamics
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[edit] About Dynamics
Dynamics is the study of why things move, in contrast to kinematics, which is concerned with describing the motion. Things move because they are subjected to forces. A force applied to an object causes an acceleration proportional to the object's mass:F = ma. In this equation, Newton's Second Law, F and a are both vectors. The units have to be consistent.
