Light Body Diagram. Each situation is described and the learner clickstaps on screen buttons to select forces that are directed upward downward rightward and leftward. A free body diagram is defined as an illustration that depicts all the forces acting on a body along with vectors that are applied by it on the immediate environs.
The free body diagrams interactive is a skill building tool that allows the learner to interactively construct free body diagrams for 12 physical situations. What is a free body diagram. A free body diagram is a special example of the vector diagrams that were discussed in an earlier unit.
Below you can see an example of a free body diagram.
We use these free body diagrams in applications of newtons laws. Step 1 identify the bodyobject you want to make an fbd of. Components are shown two ways. A light rope is attached to it and runs over a pulley.