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Here, we cover the basics on kinematics and kinetics of particles and discuss three ubiquitous examples. We conclude with a discussion of Euler’s first law (Newton’s second law, or the balance of linear momentum). Much of the material in this chapter will subsequently be repeated.
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O’Reilly, O.M. (2001). Elementary Particle Dynamics. In: Engineering Dynamics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-3495-9_1
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