Free Body Diagram
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Key Stage 4
Meaning
A free body diagram is a type of diagram which shows how forces affect an object using arrows to represent the force vectors.
About Free Body Diagram
- Free body diagrams show the different forces acting on an object.
- The object is usually drawn in a simplistic way as its shape is not often important to the forces that are acting on the object.
Examples
| A submarine travelling to the left. | A plane flying to the right. | A car driving to the right. |
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