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1. The need for general mechanics
General mechanics is both a directly necessary and effective tool in its own right, and a basic tool for the development of other branches of mechanics.
1.1 Necessity
The aim of general mechanics could be summed up as follows: "Determine the motion and mechanical actions involved in mechanical systems" with two very specific problems.
1.1.1 Determine motion when mechanical actions are known
Let's take the case of a car on the road....
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