Talk:Kinematics

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I learned: kinematics is all that regards kinetic energy, which is why I added a brief clause.

I didn't know what a truss was. I checked it, and read that it is a stationary (non-moving) object. Are you sure that one can talk about the kinematics of a truss? (When a truss starts moving under influence of external forces, storms or earthquakes, I can see it, but that would be an exceptional situation). To me the science of a truss belongs to statics a different subfield of mechanics than kinematics. --Paul Wormer 04:43, 3 May 2008 (CDT)

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