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Week 3 Introduction: the suprising usefulness of twist

Adding forces that act at a point can only take you so far.

Adding forces that act at a point can only take you so far.

To complete the story, you need to know about twisting effects. We will investigate how twist is generated, how to calculate it, and some of its applications.

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