Re: Forces

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From: John Mallinckrodt
Date: Thu, 11 May 1995 00:00

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Mervin Koehlinger writes:

>Now we're getting to the heart of the matter.  It's not individual forces
>that produce rotation, but couples!
>
>Forces produce translation; couples produce rotation.

Sorry, that does not compute.  A rod in "free space" will be set into
rotation by a SINGLE force as long as that force is not applied along
a line that passes through the rod's center of mass.

John Mallinckrodt
Cal Poly Pomona
ajmallinckro@csupomona.edu

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