This animation gives students a highly visual way to see how the math works in vector addition. Users can input 2-5 forces. The animation then shows the parallel translations of the force arrows and auto-generates the resultant. This resource can be viewed in either HTML5 or as a Java applet.
This resource is part of a large collection of interactive resources developed for physics education.
Please note that this resource requires
at least version 1.4.1 of Java.
<a href="https://www.compadre.org/introphys/items/detail.cfm?ID=3455">Fendt, Walter. Walter Fendt Physics Applets: Resultant of Forces (Addition of Vectors). December 27, 2002.</a>
Fendt, W. (2002, December 27). Walter Fendt Physics Applets: Resultant of Forces (Addition of Vectors). Retrieved December 13, 2024, from https://www.walter-fendt.de/html5/phen/resultant_en.htm
Fendt, Walter. Walter Fendt Physics Applets: Resultant of Forces (Addition of Vectors). December 27, 2002. https://www.walter-fendt.de/html5/phen/resultant_en.htm (accessed 13 December 2024).
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