Nature

Subatomic-scale force vector mapping above a Ge(001) dimer using bimodal atomic force microscopy

Figure 1: Schematic of the 3D force detection method on a Ge(001)-c(4 × 2) surface using bimodal AFM. Figure 2: Force component maps and force vector distributions above Ge(001) dimers. Figure 3: ...
Frontiers

Determining the Critical Slip Surface of Slope by Vector Sum Method Based on Strength Reduction Definition

1 State Key Laboratory of Geomechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China 2 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, ...
Frontiers

A Structural Damage Identification Method Based on Arrangement of the Static Force Residual Vector

In order to effectively and conveniently identify the damage location and damage degree of structural members under static response, a structural damage identification method based on the force ...
IEEE

A single sensor for force vector measuring based on multi-functional sensing technique

Abstract: We propose a multi-functional cylindrical tactile sensor with a single structure to test the magnitude and direction of the contact force imitating the human finger. This sensor consists of ...
BBC

Scalar and vector quantities - AQA

force, eg 20 newtons (N) to the left displacement, eg 50 kilometres (km) east velocity, eg 11 metres per second (m/s) upwards acceleration, eg 9.8 metres per second squared (m/s²) downwards momentum, ...