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What are different types of forces?


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Force:

  1. Once applied, force is described as an external cause that alters or tends to modify the condition of the body; if the body is in motion, it comes to rest, and if at rest, it comes to motion.
  2. It can also induce changes in the body's orientation, form, size, and so on.
  3. Pushing or pushing a door with force is an example.

Types of Forces:

Contact Forces:

  1. Contact force is the force exerted by objects in contact with one another.
  2. This force can be either continuous as a continuous force or temporary as an impulse. Newton's Laws control contact force.
  3. The majority of our encounters in daily life are caused by contact force.
  4. Pushing a car up a hill, writing your name with a pen, or lifting up a textbook from the table are all instances of contact force and continuous force.
  5. Hammering a nail, kicking a ball, and so forth are instances of impulse or instantaneous force.
  6. Contact forces include:
    1. Frictional force
    2. Applied force
    3. Normal force

Non-contact Forces:

  1. It is the force that acts between bodies without any physical touch.
  2. If a ball is tossed into the air, it will return owing to gravitational force, which is a non-contact force.
  3. Non-Contact Force examples are :
    1. The Force of Gravity
    2. Electrostatic Potential
    3. The Magnetic Force

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