9
CHAPTER
MASSAND MASS-RELATED
PARAMETERS
A
kayaker maneuvers
her kayak in
a whitewater slalom
event. Mass is another im-
portant fundamental dimen-
sion that plays an important
role in engineering analysis
and design. Mass provides a
measure of resistance to
motion. Knowledge of mass
is important in determining
the momentum of moving ob-
jects. In engineering, to rep-
resent how light or heavy
materials are, we use prop-
erties such as density and
specific gravity.
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