A body force is a force that acts throughout the volume of a body, in contrast to contact forces. Gravity and electromagnetic forces are examples of body forces. Centrifugal force and Coriolis force can also be viewed as body forces. This can be put into contrast to the classical definition of surface forces which are supposed to be exerted to the...
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An external force acting throughout the mass of a body. Gravity is a body force. An inertial force is a body force. See also: Concentrated Force, External Force, Force, Surface Force.
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