Cover of Mechanical Science

Book 1998

Mechanical Science

11 readers

Publisher
Blackwell Publishing, Incorporated
Language
English
Published
1998
  • Dynamics & vibration
  • Engineering Mechanics
  • Technology
  • Technology & Industrial Arts
  • Material Science
  • Mechanics - General
  • Engineering - Mechanical
  • Mechanics, Applied

There are two types of quantities in mechanics: those which have magnitude but no directional properties and are called scalar quantities and those, called vector quantities which are associated with a direction as well as having magnitude.